A City At War: Milwaukee Labor During World War Ii
by Richard L. Pifer /
2002 / English / EPUB
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Milwaukeeans greeted the advent of World War II with the same
determination as other Americans. Everyone felt the effect of the
war, whether through concern for loved ones in danger, longer
work hours, consumer shortages, or participation in war service
organizations and drives. Men and women workers produced the
essential goods necessary for victory—the vehicles, weapons,
munitions, and components for all the machinery of war. But even
in wartime there were labor conflicts, fueled by the sacrifices
and tensions of wartime life.
Milwaukeeans greeted the advent of World War II with the same
determination as other Americans. Everyone felt the effect of the
war, whether through concern for loved ones in danger, longer
work hours, consumer shortages, or participation in war service
organizations and drives. Men and women workers produced the
essential goods necessary for victory—the vehicles, weapons,
munitions, and components for all the machinery of war. But even
in wartime there were labor conflicts, fueled by the sacrifices
and tensions of wartime life.A City at War
A City at War focuses on the
experience of working men and women in a community that was not a
wartime boom town. It looks at the stands of the CIO and the AFL
against low wartime wages, and at women in unionized factories
facing the perceptions and goals of male workers, union leaders,
and society itself. Here is a social history of wartime Milwaukee
and its workers as they laid the groundwork for a secure postwar
future.
focuses on the
experience of working men and women in a community that was not a
wartime boom town. It looks at the stands of the CIO and the AFL
against low wartime wages, and at women in unionized factories
facing the perceptions and goals of male workers, union leaders,
and society itself. Here is a social history of wartime Milwaukee
and its workers as they laid the groundwork for a secure postwar
future.
