Reform or Repression : Organizing America's Anti-Union Movement /
Chad Pearson.
- 1 online resource : 4 illus.
- American Business, Politics, and Society .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Reformers and Fighters: Employers and the Labor Problem -- Part I. Nation -- Chapter 1. Fighting ‘‘Union Dictation’’: Birth of the Open-Shop Movement -- Chapter 2. ‘‘For the Protection of the Common People’’: Citizens, Progressives, and ‘‘Free Workers’’ -- Part II. Region -- Chapter 3. A Tale of Two Men: Class Traitors and Strikebreaking in Cleveland -- Chapter 4. Avenging McKinley: Organized Employers in Buffalo -- Chapter 5. Making the ‘‘City of Prosperity’’: The Poetry of Industrial Harmony in Worcester -- Chapter 6. ‘‘A Solid South for the Open Shop’’: N. F. Thompson and the Labor Solution -- Conclusion. Creating the ‘‘Common Good’’: Individual Rights, Industrial Progress, and Virtuous Citizenship -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments