Description: It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and often impossible to find.
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EAN: 9780252042010
UPC: 9780252042010
ISBN: 9780252042010
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Book Title: Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive
Item Length: 23.1 cm
Item Weight: 0.47 kg
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: History, Business
Item Height: 229 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Daniel J. Clark
Series: Working Class in American History
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
