Griffey, T (2011) Black power's labor politics: The united construction workers association and Title VII law in the 1970s. PhD thesis, University of Washington, USA.
Abstract
A study of the origins of the United Construction Workers Association in Seattle, Washington, and its creation of the Southwest Workers Federation and the Labor and Employment Law Office. Documents the role of anti-discrimination law in rationalizing the racial segregation of post-World War II American political economy. Traces the origins of affirmative action law in the United States to Black Power movement campaigns for community control of the construction industry. Explores how community-based labor organizations enforced affirmative action plans, in ways comparable to labor unions enforcing collective bargaining agreements, by combining protest politics with litigation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Gregory, J N |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | United States; discrimination; employment; labor unions; litigation; political economy; politics |
| Index terms: | litigation, politics, employment, Seattle, agreements, construction worker, labour union, construction industry, war, political economy, bargaining, movement, community-based, United States, discrimination, documents |
| Subjects: | industry analysis, political science, management, economics, professional development, contract formation, economic and policy analysis, dispute resolution, communities and social development, professional ethics, conflict and crisis studies, Geography, health behaviours and lifestyles, practitioner |
| Topics: | Governance, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Information Management, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Contract Administration, Human Resources, Geographical Context, Supply Chain Management, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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