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portada Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History)
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Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2018
Language
English
Pages
266
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780252083709
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Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History)

Daniel J. Clark (Author) · University Of Illinois Press · Paperback

Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History) - Daniel J. Clark

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Synopsis "Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History)"

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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