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American labor's global ambassadors : = the international history of the AFL-CIO during the cold war /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	American labor's global ambassadors :/ edited by Geert Van Goethem and Robert Anthony Waters, Jr. ; with foreword by Marcel van der Linden.
Reminder of title:	the international history of the AFL-CIO during the cold war /
other author:	Goethem, Geert van,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Cold War. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137360229
ISBN:	1137360224 (electronic bk.)

American labor's global ambassadors : = the international history of the AFL-CIO during the cold war /
American labor's global ambassadors :the international history of the AFL-CIO during the cold war /edited by Geert Van Goethem and Robert Anthony Waters, Jr. ; with foreword by Marcel van der Linden. - 1 online resource.

Foreword; Marcel van der Linden -- Introduction; Robert Anthony Waters, Jr. and Geert van Goethem -- PART I: The Global Activism of a National Trade Union -- 1. From Dollars to Deeds: Exploring the sources of Active Interventionism, 1934-1945; Geert van Goethem -- 2. The American Federation of Labor's Cold War Campaign against 'Slave Labor' at the United Nations; Quenby Olmsted Hughes -- 3. Marred by Dissimulation: The AFL-CIO, the Women's Committee, and Transnational Labor Relations; Yevette Richards -- PART II: Not Very Diplomatic Ambassadors: Working to Defeat Communism in Europe -- 4. The AFL and CIO between 'Crusade' and Pluralism in Italy, 1944-1963; Alessandro Brogi -- 5. The Influence of the American Federation of Labor on the Force Ouvrïre, 1944-1954; Barrett Dower -- 6. AFL-CIO Support for Solidarity: Moral, Political, Financial; Eric Chenoweth -- PART III: Heavy-handed or Subtle? America's Labor Ambassadors in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 7. Reforming Latin American Labor: The AFL-CIO and Latin America's Cold War; Dustin Walcher -- 8. The AFL-CIO and ORIT in Latin America's Andean Region, 1950s-1960s; Magaly Rodr̕guez Garc̕a -- 9. More Subtle than We Knew: The AFL in the British Caribbean; Robert Anthony Waters, Jr. -- 10. 'Democracy and Freedom' in Brazilian Trade Unionism during the Civil-Military Dictatorship: The Activities of the American Institute for Free Labor Development; Larissa Rosa Corr̊a -- 11. Chilean Workers and the U.S. Labor Movement: From Solidarity to Intervention, 1950s-1970s; Angela Vergara -- PART IV: Behaving like Ambassadors: The AFL-CIO in Africa and Asia -- 12. Irving Brown and ICFTU Labor Diplomacy during Algeria's Struggle for Independence, 1954-1962; Mathilde von Bulow -- 13. 'We will follow a nationalist policy; but we will never be neutral' ₆ American Labor and Neutralism in Cold War Africa, 1957-1962; John C. Stoner -- 14. 'Free Labor Versus Slave Labor': Free Trade Unionism and the Challenge of War-torn Asia; Edmund F. Wehrle, Jr. -- PART V -- Conclusion: Transnational Labor Politics in the Global Cold War; Federico Romero.

Following World War II, the AFL-CIO pursued an ambitious international agenda. To its leaders, the imperatives of saving Western Europe from Stalinism, rolling back Soviet gains in Eastern Europe, containing Communism around the world, throwing off the shackles of colonialism, and overcoming "uneven development" justified extraordinary measures. They sought to protect international labor while fostering American-style "business unionism," which used collective bargaining and strikes to capture a greater share of the capitalist system's economic pie. At the same time, they believed that thwarting Communist designs on local organizations was a prerequisite to cultivating free labor movements and creating prosperity for the world's workers - and battling Communism often meant working in conjunction with the US government, including even the Central Intelligence Agency. This sweeping state-of-the-field collection brings together contributions from leading diplomatic, labor, and transnational historians to explore and assess the AFL-CIO's successes, challenges, and inevitable compromises as it pursued these varied initiatives during the Cold War era.

ISBN: 1137360224 (electronic bk.)

Source: 683846Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Corporate Names:

1006175
AFL-CIO
--History--20th century.Subjects--Topical Terms:

565169
Cold War.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD8072.5 / .A47 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 331.880973/09045

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