Report Of National Officers To The Third Convention Of The National Maritime Union Of America

Includes, 1943-1955: Financial report of the National Maritime Union of America; 1949-1955: President's report on the state of the union (also issued separately).

The period immediately preceding World War II was probably the most critical in the history of the American labor movement. Prior to 1936, the trade unions were weak, but by 1941 a fundamental change in power relationships enabled them to penetrate the strongholds of American industry--steel and automobiles. The CIO Challenge to the AFL is a three-part study. It discusses the split in the American Federation of Labor and the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; presents eighteen specific industry or union case studies, each an independent essay in economic history; and, finally, analyzes various general aspects of the labor movement.

Report on the conduct of trade union elections in the USA and the rights of union membership within the electoral system - comprises case studies of violations which occurred at the national level and local level from 1965 to 1970. References and statistical tables.