{"product_id":"after-strike","title":"After Strike","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1894 Pullman strike and the rise of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played major roles in the century-long development of union organizing and labor-management relations in the Pullman Company. Susan Eleanor Hirsch connects the stories of Pullman car builders and porters to answer critical questions like: what created job segregation by race and gender? What role did such segregation play in shaping the labor movement? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHirsch illuminates the relationship between labor organizing and the racial and sexual discrimination practiced by both employers and unions. Because the Pullman Company ran the sleeping-car service for American railroads and was a major manufacturer of railcars, its workers were involved in virtually every wave of union organizing from the 1890s to the 1940s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn exploring the years of struggle by the men and women of the Pullman Company, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Strike\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the factors that determined the limited success and narrow vision of most American unions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310304698750,"sku":"NW9780252027918","price":34.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780252027918.jpg?v=1778581980","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/after-strike","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}