Ted Reed, John J. Yurechko

Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston

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Produktbeschreibung

Their ancestors may have been cargo in the slave ships that arrived in Charleston, S.C. Today, the scale has been rebalanced: black longshoremen run the port's cargo operation. They are members of the International Longshoremen's Association, a powerful labor union, and Kenny Riley is the charismatic leader of the Charleston local. Riley combines commitment to the civil rights movement with the practicality to ensure that Charleston remains a principal East Coast port. He emerged on the international stage in 2000, rallying union members worldwide to the defense of "The Charleston Five," longshoremen arrested after a confrontation with police turned violent. This is Riley's story as well as a behind-the-scenes look at organized black labor in a Deep South port.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677729
• ISBN-10: 1476677727
• Artikelnr.: 60587886

Autorenporträt

Former Miami Herald reporter, Ted Reed is a business and labor writer. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface by Ted Reed Introduction
1.
We Lived in Our Own Little World
2.
Getting an Education, Separate Not Equal
3.
Charleston the Slave Port
4.
A City Is Born: It Grows on the Backs of Slaves
5.
The War for Freedom Leaves Many Enslaved
6.
South Carolina Declares War on the United States
7.
Ex-Slaves Form a Labor Union and It Folds
8.
Charleston Rots and Then Rebounds
9.
George Washington German Brings the Union Back 10.
On the Waterfront 11.
Containers Take Over the World 12.
A Sixties Kid Takes Over Local 1422 13.
A World Beyond Charleston 14.
The Charleston Five 15.
Lessons Learned from the Charleston Five 16.
A Charleston Guy Finds Allies in New York and San Francisco 17.
The Family Politics of Local 1422 18.
For Labor, South Carolina Is Tough, but "The Union Is Anomalous" 19.
Riley Looks to Retirement Chapter Notes Bibliography Index