The Long Deep Grudge
A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4156915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hennen (Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 349-350 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaab127 |
| OpenAlex | W3200863671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Tony Gilpin deserves praise for this meticulously documented and tightly focused history of the United Farm Equipment Workers of America (Fe), one of the “communist-dominated” unions expelled by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (Cio) in 1949. Gilpin explains how, throughout its short existence (1938–1955), the Fe battled powerful forces shaping postdepression industrial relations. One adversary was their chief employer, the Chicago-based farm equipment giant International Harvester (Ih). Another was the Cio's United Auto Workers of America (Uaw). The Fe's “deep grudge” against these foes arose from a conviction that class struggle, not collaboration, should determine “how work would be done in each of the company's plants, what each job was worth, and who would benefit from what was produced” (p. 7). Production at Ih was dictated by a “mind-bogglingly complex” piecework system that led to widespread grievances against speedups and
Ancient history · Art · Capital (architecture · Class conflict · Communism · Conviction · Economic history · Economics · Literature · Management · Political science · Politics · Praise · Anarchism and Radical Politics · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |