COAL-MINE WORKERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY. AN INDUSTRIAL HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE EDUCATIONAL BUREAU OF THE I. W. W. FOR COAL-MINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION NO. 220, I. W. W.
- Chicago: Prepared by the Industrial Workers of the Word, 1922
Chicago: Prepared by the Industrial Workers of the Word, 1922. 108, [4] pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. Cartoon illustration on verso of title page. Light wear, Very Good.
The front wrapper depicts a happy coal miner, "ORGANIZED" in the IWW; and a nasty top-hatted capitalist oppressing an unhappy worker, "UNORGANIZED." The book is "The Story of a Great Industry and the Men Who Work in It."
Topics: 1. What is coal? How did it come into existence? -- 2. The coal resources of the world -- 3. The coal fields of United States and Canada -- 4. The early history of coal in the United States -- 5. Who is a coal miner? -- 6. Who is who in the coal mining industry? -- 8. Coal production in the United States -- 9. Can the coal miners of the United States get justice through political union? -- 10. The struggle towards organization among the coal mine workers -- 11. The United Mine Workers of America -- 12. The International Miners' Federation -- 13. Relative importance of union and non-union fields -- 14. How is the product of the coal mine workers divided? -- 15. The false argument of the operators -- 16. The proposed nationalization of the coal mines -- 17. The principles and methods of the I.W.W. -- 18. Why the coal miners should join Coal-Mine Workers' Industrial Union No. 220 of the Industrial Workers of the World.
OCLC records over forty institutional locations; we have discovered no other copies in commerce.
The front wrapper depicts a happy coal miner, "ORGANIZED" in the IWW; and a nasty top-hatted capitalist oppressing an unhappy worker, "UNORGANIZED." The book is "The Story of a Great Industry and the Men Who Work in It."
Topics: 1. What is coal? How did it come into existence? -- 2. The coal resources of the world -- 3. The coal fields of United States and Canada -- 4. The early history of coal in the United States -- 5. Who is a coal miner? -- 6. Who is who in the coal mining industry? -- 8. Coal production in the United States -- 9. Can the coal miners of the United States get justice through political union? -- 10. The struggle towards organization among the coal mine workers -- 11. The United Mine Workers of America -- 12. The International Miners' Federation -- 13. Relative importance of union and non-union fields -- 14. How is the product of the coal mine workers divided? -- 15. The false argument of the operators -- 16. The proposed nationalization of the coal mines -- 17. The principles and methods of the I.W.W. -- 18. Why the coal miners should join Coal-Mine Workers' Industrial Union No. 220 of the Industrial Workers of the World.
OCLC records over forty institutional locations; we have discovered no other copies in commerce.
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Title
COAL-MINE WORKERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY. AN INDUSTRIAL HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE EDUCATIONAL BUREAU OF THE I. W. W. FOR COAL-MINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION NO. 220, I. W. W.
Author
Industrial Workers of the World
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Prepared by the Industrial Workers of the Word: Chicago
Date
1922