Lane Kirkland : champion of American labor / Arch Puddington.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.Description: ix, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0471416940 (cloth)
- Kirkland, Lane
- AFL-CIO -- History -- 20th century
- Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography
- Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Labor union democracy -- United States
- Labor unions -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 331.88/092 B 22
- HD6509.K57 K57 2005
- 65.24
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: "all sinners belong in the church" -- Southern roots -- Education of a trade unionist -- Expanding horizons -- Captain of the ship -- Labor versus Reagan -- All out for Fritz -- Solidarity forever -- Central America: fighting the good fight at home and abroad -- Mr. Democracy -- Labor unity; labor pains -- Civil rights: keeping the faith -- Two cheers for Clinton -- The coup -- Freedom's five star general.