BOOKS by John P Hoerr

And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry more books like this

by John P Hoerr

A veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. "And the Wolf Finally Came" demonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy.

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Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in America's Cold War more books like this

by John Hoerr

John Hoerr tells the story of three men - his uncle, Congressman Harry Davenport, union leader Tom Quinn, and Father Charles Owen Rice - whose lives became intertwined during the anti-Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy Era. The story helps illuminate one of the most repressive periods in American history, when thousands of Americans guilty only ...

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We Can't Eat Prestige: The Women Who Organized Harvard more books like this

by John P Hoerr

This story explodes the popular belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. On the contrary, the women workers of Harvard University created a powerful and unique union - one that emphasizes their own values and priorities as working women and rejects unwanted aspects of ...

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