‘Dark as a dungeon’: technological change and government policy in the deunionization of the American coal industry

Christensen, Kimberly

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“…During the Depression, major industrial unions grew in strength and in militancy. For example, by the mid-1940s, approximately 90 percent of coal miners were union members (Christensen 2014). High rates of union density were also achieved by newly formed CIO unions in other core industries such as steel, rubber, autos, and electrical (Zieger 1995; Murolo and Chitty 2001).…”

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“…High rates of union density were also achieved by newly formed CIO unions in other core industries such as steel, rubber, autos, and electrical (Zieger 1995; Murolo and Chitty 2001). John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers (UMW), was particularly important to the construction of the CIO and the postwar labor relations regime (Christensen 2014). His ongoing battle with Thomas Hucheson, president of the Carpenters’ Union, over the legitimacy of industrial unions is legendary in labor circles and signaled a major shift in the orientation of the US labor movement (Dubofsky and Van Tine 1986).…”

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The Social Structures of Accumulation and the Labor Movement: A Brief History and a Modest Proposal

Christensen

2019

Review of Radical Political Economics

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The economic and political crisis of the 1970s undermined the postwar social structures of accumulation (SSA) and gave rise to the current globalized, neoliberal, financialized (GNF) SSA. Under GNF, we have witnessed the explosion of the precariat and the reemergence of simpler forms of labor control characteristic of earlier SSAs. This article discusses the response of the labor movement, broadly defined, to these changes, including the rise of worker centers, worker ownership, campaigns for increased state regulation, and cross-border organizing. Finally, it raises the question of whether the current national labor federation can act as an incubator for the experimentation and structural changes necessary for the labor movement to meet the challenges of the GNF-SSA.

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Section: Introduction: Ssa Theory—a Brief Summarymentioning

confidence: 99%