20th Century Interactive: No Strength Without Unions?

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No Strength Without Unions?

No Strength Without Unions?
Resources

The following are resources teachers and students can use in studying the history of labor unions, some of the issues surrounding unionization and the roles of labor and business in Ohio, which is the focus of this unit. Marked (X) resources are also found on the CD-Rom that accompanies the teacher's guide for the 20th Century Interactive project. When looking for resources, also check out the links for this unit.

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Photographs | Songs, Letters, Speeches, Reports

(X) "These are the Real Facts Behind the Univis Lens Strike." Dayton Daily News (14 May 1948). [Ad put out by the UE-CIO Joint Wage Co.]
(X) "Warning: Communists are Moving Underground in Labor." The Labor Union (6 Aug 1948): 5. [Wright State University Dunbar Library, second floor microfilms on Ohio history]
(X) Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Final Statement on the Univis Strike." Dayton Daily News (12 Aug 1948).

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Books

"The Anti-Prohibition Manual." (1916), pp. 1-31. [Cincinnati Historical Society Library 344.0541 A629 1916]
(X) with excerpts from this manual on the CD-Rom
Baxandall, Rosalyn and Linda Gordon, eds. "America's Working Women: A Documentary History, 1600 to Present." New York: W. W. Norton, 1995.
Crowther, Samuel. "John H. Patterson: Pioneer in Industrial Welfare." Garden City, NJ: Garden City Publishing, 1926.
(X)Excerpt on CD-Rom: pages 1-18; 190-207.
Duepree, Ricard R. "William Cooper Procter: Industrial Statesman." New York: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1951.
Boryczka, Raymond and Lorin Lee Cary. "No Strength Without Union: An Illustrated History of Ohio Workers, 1803-1980." Columbus, OH: Ohio Historical Society, 1982.
Filippelli, Ronald L. "Labor in the USA: A History." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
Foner, Philip S. "Organized Labor and the Black Worker." New York: International Publishers, 1981.
Foner, Philip S. and Ronald L. Lewis, eds. "Black Workers: A Documentary History from Colonial Times to the Present." Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989.
Green, James R. "The World of the Worker: Labor in Twentieth-Century America." New York: Hill and Wang, 1980. (See especially pp. 133-209.)
Gutman, Herbert G. Work, "Culture and Society in Industrializing America." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
Jones, Jacqueline. "American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor." New York: W. W. Norton, 1998.
Kennedy, David. "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945." New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. (See especially Chapter 10.)
Lynd, Alice, and Staughton Lynd, eds. "Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers." New York: Monthly Review Press, 1988.
Morris, Richard B., ed. "The U.S. Department of Labor Bicentennial History of the American Worker." Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976.
Procter & Gamble. "The House that Ivory Built." Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Business Books, 1988. (Especially see pp. 4-55.)
Reef, Catherine. "Working in America: An Eyewitness History." New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2000.
Tracy, Lena Harvey. "How My Heart Sang: The Story of Pioneer Industrial Welfare Work." New York: Richard R. Smith, 1950.
(X)Excerpt on CD-Rom of pages 97-117.

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Film and Video

American Dream. New York: HBO Video, 1992. [VHS Dolby; 98 min.] (The true story of a workers' strike in Austin, Minn. When the Hormel Meat Co. made $2 million in profits, workers received a $2-per-hour salary cut.)
The Global Assembly Line. New York: New Days Films/PBS, 1986. [VHS; 60 min.] (Portrays the lives of working men and women in developing countries and North America. It shows the international division of labor and the growing importance of women in the workforce.)
Labor's Future in the Global Economy. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1994. [VHS; 30 min.] (Bill Moyers interviews Gus Tyler, a leader in American labor since the Great Depression, on labor's place in history and in the new global economy.)

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Newspaper & Magazine Articles

(X)"Labor Might." The Progressive. (May 1996): 9.
(X)Delphi Auto Parts Strike (1996): Wallack, Todd R. "Labor: UAW Faults GM." Dayton Daily News (27 Aug 1996): 1A.
(X)GM Strike (1996): "New Approach To Jobs Needed On All Sides." Dayton Daily News (30 March 1996): 12A.
(X)GM Strike (1996): Cummings, James. "GM Strike Gets Off To Quiet Start." Dayton Daily News (6 March 1996): 5B.
(X)GM Strike (1996): Judis, John. "GM Strike Holds Unhappy Lesson; Pressure To Trim Costs By Cutting Wages , Benefits Is Decimating Workers." Dayton Daily News (10 April 1996): 11A.
(X)GM Strike (1996): Miller, Tim. "Glad GM Strike Is Over, Clinton Tells Ohioans; President Sees Job Anxiety." Dayton Daily News (24 March 1996): 15A.
(X)GM Strike (1996): Wallack, Todd. "Issues In Dayton's GM Strike Listed." Dayton Daily News (10 March 1996): 6A.
(X)Judis, John B. "TRB from Washington: Oracle at Delphi." The New Republic (15 April 1996): 6.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "150 to 200 Will Be Hired Soon, Stanley Announces." Dayton Daily News (5 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "All Liquor Stores In County Closed" Associated Press article published in the Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Car Checks Will Continue." Dayton Daily News (5 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Dayton Gripped by its First Strike Run by Communists." Dayton Daily News (4 Aug 1948).
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Dayton's Shame." The Dayton CIO News (6 Aug 1948): 2. [Wright State University, Dunbar Library, second floor microfilms on Ohio history]
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Don't Hang Around Univis: Wurstner." Dayton Daily News (30 July 1948). 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Guard to Stay While Needed, Says Lohrey." Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Kaplan Leaves Jail Under $1000 Bond." Dayton Daily News (5 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Kaplan, Late at Court, Is Given 10 Days." Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Red Infiltration Behind Univis Trouble. Calling of Troops Regrettable But Necessary To Preserve the Sovereignty of State of Ohio." The Labor Union (6 Aug 1948): 1. [Wright State University Dunbar Library, second floor microfilms on Ohio history]
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "U.E. Local 768 Votes to Continue Univis Strike." Dayton Daily News (5 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Univis Peace Offer Accepted by UE-CIO; 97-Day Old Strike Ends." The Labor Union (13 Aug 1948): 1. [Wright State University Dunbar Library, second floor microfilms on Ohio history]
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "War or Strike, Soldiers Still Have Old Gripes." Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): Englehart, Gordon. "Five Tear Gas Rounds Rout Univis Crowd." Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): Englehart, Gordon. "Herbert Due Here in Crisis at Univis." Dayton Daily News (30 July 1948). 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): Roberts, Carl V. "Lohrey Tells Strike History to Hoffman." Dayton Daily News (3 August 1948): 1A.
(X)Univis Lens Strike (1948): "Afterthoughts on the Strike." Dayton Daily News (8 Aug 1948).

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Photographs

(X) Again violence broke out,... (Copyright Š Aug. 1, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Led by the 37th Cavalry reconnaissance outfit from Coshocton,... (Copyright Š Aug. 4, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.) Louis Kaplan (extreme left in white shirt) walked up the steps on the side of the county jail... (Copyright Š Aug. 4, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Members of the United Electrical Workers (CIO). (Photo by Paul K. Horn. Copyright Š July 24, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)National Guard on Univis property during strike. A crowd has gathered across the street. (Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Rep. Clare Hoffman (back to camera) stands to question Lou Kaplan,... (Photo by Jim Harlan. Copyright ŠAug. 3, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Shortly after arriving in Dayton Gov. Thomas J. Herbert (facing camera) confers with... (Copyright Š Aug. 4, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Skunk oil victims at Univis Lens Co. (News Staff Photo by Dave Lutes. Copyright Š July 18, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Striking Univis worker being arrested. (Copyright Š July 26, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Striking workers ask for donations to their cause. (Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Striking workers from Univis Lens Company picket in front of the courthouse. (Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Striking workers in front of Univis building. (Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Union members striking against Univis ask for an "honest security plan." (Photo by Bob McLaren. Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)Univis strikers want the company to rehire all striking workers. (Copyright Š 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)
(X)What's our next move?... (Copyright Š July 31, 1948. Republished with permission from Dayton Newspapers, Inc.)

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Songs, Letters, Speeches, Reports

(X)"Don't Forget the Union Label." A song by Thomas H. West. 1901.
(X)"Solidarity Forever." A Song by Ralph Chaplin. 1915.

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Marked (X) resources are also found on the CD-Rom that accompanies the teacher's guide for the 20th Century Interactive project.