Disruption in Detroit Disruption in Detroit
Working Class in American History

Disruption in Detroit

Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Politics & Current Events
RELEASED
2018
September 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
264
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Illinois Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
1.3
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