The workplace constitution from the New Deal to the New Right:

Today, most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job. Instead of enjoying free speech or privacy, they can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all. This book uses history to explain why. It takes readers back to the 1930s and 1940s when advocates across the political spectrum - lab...

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Beteilige Person: Lee, Sophia Z. 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Studies in legal history
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839358
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839358
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839358
Zusammenfassung:Today, most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job. Instead of enjoying free speech or privacy, they can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all. This book uses history to explain why. It takes readers back to the 1930s and 1940s when advocates across the political spectrum - labor leaders, civil rights advocates and conservatives opposed to government regulation - set out to enshrine constitutional rights in the workplace. The book tells their interlocking stories of fighting for constitutional protections for American workers, recovers their surprising successes, explains their ultimate failure, and helps readers assess this outcome
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Umfang:1 online resource (xiii, 401 pages)
ISBN:9781139839358
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139839358