Abstract	Early La Crosse living conditions -- The American Labor Movement -- Local labor bodies and publications -- Local union's history -- Locally held labor conventions -- Striking unions -- City wide strike of 1920 -- La Crosses' most violent strike -- Striking the Rubber Mills -- Founding of the Trane Machinists Union -- Telephone strikes -- Labor Day in La Crosse -- La Crosse mayoral influence on labor -- Fallen workers -- Wages, jobs and the cost of living -- Appendix: Labor council officers -- Local union officers -- Union employment -- La Crosse consumer prices -- Officers & delegates of the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO -- Labor council affiliates & current officers. A history of organized labor in the La Crosse area.
Author	Hicks, Terry L.
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Type of resource	text
Genre	book
Genre authority	marcgt
Date published	2009
Date captured	2017-04-18
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	Labor unions -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Labor movement -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- History Authority: LCSH
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Collection	Publications Related to La Crosse / Contemporary Works
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Stock number	F589.L13 H53 2009
Doi	16-0036