 | Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, and the United Steelworkers Subjects: United Steelworkers of America -- History -- Congresses; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) -- History -- Congresses; Murray Philip 1886–1952 -- Congresses; Trade-unions -- Iron and steel workers -- United States -- History -- Congresses; More than any other labor victory of the 1930s, the emergence of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee symbolized the rise of organized labor to a position of power in the United States. Paul F. Clark is Head and Professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Penn State University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books, including Building More Effective Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector , both from Cornell. |
