AMERICAN LABOR VIOLENCE - ITS CAUSES, CHARACTER, AND OUTCOME (FROM VIOLENCE IN AMERICA - HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES BY H.D.GRAHAM, V 1 - SEE NCJ-00763)

• NCJ Number: 6976
• Author(s): P TAFT; P ROSS
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 81 pages
• Corporate Author: National Commission on the Causes & Prevention of Violence
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CHAPTER 8, P 221-301

Annotation

HISTORICAL SURVEY OF MOST MAJOR STRIKES WHICH INVOLVED VIOLENCE FROM 1870 TO THE PRESENT.

Abstract

THE INCIDENTS, CAUSES, AND RESULTS OF VIOLENCE IN LABOR DISPUTES ARE TRACED FROM SOME OF THE EARLIEST CASES THROUGH THE SHARP INCREASES DURING THE 1930S, AND THE SUBSEQUENT DECREASE IN VIOLENCE FROM THE 1940S TO THE PRESENT. THE MOST COMMON CAUSE HAS BEEN THE REFUSAL OF EMPLOYERS TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION AND ITS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THAT THE MAJOR LABOR UNIONS NEVER ADVOCATED VIOLENCE AS A POLICY - THE VIOLENCE USUALLY AROSE FROM ISOLATED AND UNPLANNED INCIDENTS, UNRELATED TO ANY GENERAL DISCONTENT. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT LABOR VIOLENCE HAS ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN INEFFECTIVE AND USUALLY HARMFUL TO THE UNIONS. EXTENSIVE REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.