Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public StreetcarsNorthern Illinois University Press, 2006 - 202 trang By the turn of the twentieth century, Chicago, site of the Haymarket affair and the Pullman strike, had acquired a reputation as the bastion of labor unions. At the same time, Progressive-era Chicago was known as the laboratory of social reform--the city where muckraking journalists, college-trained professionals, and civic-minded millionaires worked together to rebuild the slums, improve sanitation, and eradicate political corruption. When union workers and middle-class reformers united, the combination of labor militancy and astute politics was truly a force to be reckoned with. In Chicago's Progressive Alliance, Leidenberger tells the story of the coalition of reformers and workers advocating municipal control of Chicago's streetcars. Why streetcars? At the time, streetcars were the main mode of transportation for Chicago's diverse population, so common interest certainly played a factor. Workers also shared the reformers' ideology, and issues surrounding streetcars encompassed a host of Progressive concerns: the debate over the extent of state power over private service enterprises, the crusade against corruption, and the uses and public nature of city spaces. Most important, the alliance embodied Progressivism's central ideal--overcoming class conflict and defining the public interest. By examining the alliance's formation, political tactics, and ultimate demise, Leidenberger offers new insights on the history of labor, class relations, and political culture in urban America. Dramatic photos of streetcars and of union laborers and their supporters accentuate this study of Progressivism in action. Chicago's Progressive Alliance will appeal to those interested in American political history, labor history, urban history, and transportation history. |
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... Chicagoans considered such corrupt misdealings on behalf of public utility companies , they invariably thought of Yerkes . " The man's name is very black in the town to - day , " muckraker Ida Tarbell noted ; " If one believes what he ...
... Chicagoans , including reformers fa- vorably inclined toward trade unionism , to question the legitimacy of a broader civic role on behalf of the unions . If , during a brief period , labor's class - based strength proved compatible ...
... Chicagoans really cared about , was whether they were receiving decent streetcar service , and pro - franchise representatives asserted that only a swift approval of the ordinance would give them what they wanted . Showing a picture of ...
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Service Workers and the New Metropolitan Unionism | 13 |
Private Streetcars Public Utopias and the Construction | 45 |
The Movement for Municipal Ownership | 78 |
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