The advance of trade unionism in the early 20th century to a dominant place in the American economy brought a major change in the life of the nation. This is th

A major figure in the history of twentieth-century American radicalism, William Z. Foster (1881-1961) fought his way out of the slums of turn-of-the-century Phi

The period immediately preceding World War II was probably the most critical in the history of the American labor movement. Prior to 1936, the trade unions were