LABOR UNIONS IN ACTION
Coleman, Mcalister
Labor Unions In Action AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS, What They Are and How They Work, by Florence Peterson. Harper & Brothers. $3. Reviewed by McAlister Coleman HERE the Director of the Industrial...
...Reviewed by McAlister Coleman HERE the Director of the Industrial Relations Division of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor (how's that for a title...
...In the cold light of the author's treatment, the unions show up pretty well, so far, that is, as raising wages and reducing hours...
...Anyone who speaks or writes on labor today must have a copy by him, and some trade unionists of our acquaintance might do well to see that it is circulated among their fellows...
...She writes in a sometimes pedestrian style, especially when she deals with the history of unionism, but the book is not intended for casual reading anyway...
...gives anyone interested in the present status of'trade unions in this country ah invaluable reference book...
...She comes with an arsenal of hard facts at a time when emotional and undocumented writing about unions confounds the reading public...
...As for being the force for democracy that they well could be, that is another story...
...Florence Peterson has adequately covered the ground laid out in her subtitle and for that we should all be thankful...
Vol. 9 • November 1945 • No. 46
