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"The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism." â??Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great Strike This rich history details the bitter, deep-rooted conflict between industrial behemoth International Harvester and the uniquely radical Farm Equipment Workers union. The Long Deep Grudge makes clear that class warfare has been, and remains, integral to the American experience, providing up-close-and-personal and long-view perspectives from both sides of the battle lines. International Harvesterâ??and the McCormick family that largely controlled itâ??garnered a reputation for bare-knuckled union-busting in the 1880s, but in the twentieth century also pioneered sophisticated union-avoidance techniques that have since become standard corporate practice. On the other side the militant Farm Equipment Workers union, connected to the Communist Party, mounted a vociferous challenge to the cooperative ethos that came to define the American labor movement after World War II. This evocative account, stretching back to the nineteenth century and carried through to the present, reads like a novel. Biographical sketches of McCormick family members, union officials and rank-and-file workers are woven into the narrative, along with anarchists, jazz musicians, Wall Street financiers, civil rights crusaders, and mob lawyers. It touches on pivotal moments and movements as wide-ranging as the Haymarket "riot," the Flint sit-down strikes, the Memorial Day Massacre, the McCarthy-era anti-communist purges, and America's late twentieth-century industrial decline. "A capitalist family dynasty, a radical union, and a revolution in how and where work gets doneâ??Toni Gilpin's The Long Deep Grudge is a detailed chronicle of one of the most active battlefronts in our ever-evolving class war." â??J… (altro)
This was SO GOOD. Gilpin takes this story of a radical union and makes a case that politics is not a process that doesn't matter to the shop floor, but that in fact radical politics--Communism, even--can have deep influence on shop politics, and that cementing solidarity across racial lines is possible through keeping an antagonistic relationship with management at the forefront. And she does so in a way that keeps the story rooted with people, and not with organization alphabet soup (which, I acknowledge, is necessary for some parts of labor history, but is definitely a challenge for folks new to the field.)
It's so carefully done and just really revs me up and makes me excited for the possibilities of radical politics in unionizing and what is possible--it gives an image of the world outside of a UAW style of long contracts that management chips away at over time, and is so powerful to see the FE workers support one another's grievances again and again and again. Just so good, definitely check it out.
-- Reread April 2021: Just as good if not better the second time! Gilpin just tells the story of the union so well and with so much care and attention to detail without losing the larger story. Absolutely still five stars; I bought a copy so I could annotate it and distribute it among friends, that's how much I loved it the first time and still love it. It really has shaped the way I understand union contracts, and I think it's just such a good introduction to good labor history. If you can get a hold of it, please check it out. It's just so good and a story told so well. ( )
Excellent. Picked up on a lark from the publisher during a sale. Terrific history of organizing a specific manufacturer, and the rise and fall of the US Labor movement overall.
Covers the industrialization of manufacturing from the McCormick reaper through the Haymarket Riots to International Harvester. Also good on HUAC, the corporatization of company boardrooms, and IH's inglorious bust in the 1980s. ( )
"The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism." â??Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great Strike This rich history details the bitter, deep-rooted conflict between industrial behemoth International Harvester and the uniquely radical Farm Equipment Workers union. The Long Deep Grudge makes clear that class warfare has been, and remains, integral to the American experience, providing up-close-and-personal and long-view perspectives from both sides of the battle lines. International Harvesterâ??and the McCormick family that largely controlled itâ??garnered a reputation for bare-knuckled union-busting in the 1880s, but in the twentieth century also pioneered sophisticated union-avoidance techniques that have since become standard corporate practice. On the other side the militant Farm Equipment Workers union, connected to the Communist Party, mounted a vociferous challenge to the cooperative ethos that came to define the American labor movement after World War II. This evocative account, stretching back to the nineteenth century and carried through to the present, reads like a novel. Biographical sketches of McCormick family members, union officials and rank-and-file workers are woven into the narrative, along with anarchists, jazz musicians, Wall Street financiers, civil rights crusaders, and mob lawyers. It touches on pivotal moments and movements as wide-ranging as the Haymarket "riot," the Flint sit-down strikes, the Memorial Day Massacre, the McCarthy-era anti-communist purges, and America's late twentieth-century industrial decline. "A capitalist family dynasty, a radical union, and a revolution in how and where work gets doneâ??Toni Gilpin's The Long Deep Grudge is a detailed chronicle of one of the most active battlefronts in our ever-evolving class war." â??J
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It's so carefully done and just really revs me up and makes me excited for the possibilities of radical politics in unionizing and what is possible--it gives an image of the world outside of a UAW style of long contracts that management chips away at over time, and is so powerful to see the FE workers support one another's grievances again and again and again. Just so good, definitely check it out.
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Reread April 2021: Just as good if not better the second time! Gilpin just tells the story of the union so well and with so much care and attention to detail without losing the larger story. Absolutely still five stars; I bought a copy so I could annotate it and distribute it among friends, that's how much I loved it the first time and still love it. It really has shaped the way I understand union contracts, and I think it's just such a good introduction to good labor history. If you can get a hold of it, please check it out. It's just so good and a story told so well. (