Search Results for: Report From The Waterfront

For five days in July 1863, at the height of the Civil War, New York City was under siege. Angry rioters burned draft offices, closed factories, destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines, and hunted policemen and soldiers. Before long, the rioters turned their murderous wrath against the black community. In

Books about Hiring Halls in the Maritime Industry

Appendix includes labor-management contracts, documents, correspondence, U.S. Statutes, and other material related to employment practices in the maritime industry (p. 322-577).

Books about Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the District of Columbia

Considers legislation to authorize President to appoint board of inquiry empowered to make binding recommendations on labor disputes involving continental U.S.-Hawaii trade.