ALL THESE YEARS OF EFFORT
150 Years of Rochester’s Central Labor Councils
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
i
STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE
ANATOMY OF THE CENTRAL LABOR BODY
1
LABOR COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICIAL NEWS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
17
CULTURES OF SOLIDARITY
UNION LABELS, SHOP CARDS AND SERVICE BUTTONS
23
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
JOBS AND JUSTICE, HEALTH AND HOUSING
31
LABOR EDUCATION
A NEW AND DEMOCRATIC BROTHERHOOD
41
POLITICAL ACTIVITY
REWARDING FRIENDS, PUNISHING ENEMIES
53
ORGANIZING
THE OBLIGATION OF TALKING UNIONISM
63
ALLIED BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL
GOOD WORKMANSHIP, FAIR WAGES
71
LIST OF CENTRAL LABOR BODY PRESIDENTS
77
EPILOGUE
79
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND SOURCES
80
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
81
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