The Emergence of a UAW Local, 1936–1939

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The Emergence of a UAW Local, 1936–1939 is written by Peter Friedlander and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 082297603X (ISBN 10) and 9780822976035 (ISBN 13).

Peter Friedlander documents the formation of a local United Automobile Workers union at a mid-sized parts factory during the turbulent 1930s. Blending oral history based on personal interviews with a keen analysis of the worker's class structure and widely varied cultural backgrounds, Freidlander describes the transformation of a working-class community by its own actions and the ensuing stratification and factionalizing within that union. The result is a firsthand account of the experience of unionization in personal and social terms.