“Free Shops for Free Men”?
“Free Shops for Free Men”?
The Challenges of Strikebreaking and Union-Busting in the Progressive Era
Chad Pearson explores the multidimensional ways anti-union activists worked to break strikes and bust unions while attempting to turn “scabs” into “heroes.” He examines this process from different angles: from above, from below, and from somewhere in-between. Traditional employers’ associations were joined by unions of non-union workers and supposedly class-neutral Citizens’ Associations. Open-shop movement spokespersons frequently insisted that they were not engaged in a “class movement,” but Pearson disputes this claim by showing these organizations were formed by employers’ or by their middle-class allies.
Keywords: open-shop, strikebreaking, union-busting, progressivism, astroturfing, citizens’ alliances, scabs
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