Consumer tactics as ‘weapons’: Black lists, union labels, and the American Federation of Labor
This article examines the role consumer tactics played in the American Federation of Labor's (AFL) strategy of business unionism. In particular, it explains how the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to mobilize the purchasing power of union members and their families to fight for higher wage...
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| description | This article examines the role consumer tactics played in the American Federation of
Labor's (AFL) strategy of business unionism. In particular, it explains how
the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to mobilize the purchasing power of union
members and their families to fight for higher wages and shorter working hours. The
historical data collected for this article demonstrates that the AFL was not
ignorant of the relationship between production and consumption, or the worker and
the consumer. I discuss how the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to build
solidarity across its affiliated trade unions and provide a way for the wives,
daughters, and mothers of union men to become involved in the labor movement through
consumption. I argue that these consumer tactics need to be fully acknowledged, as
they were pivotal in some of the most contentious struggles between the AFL and
business at the turn of the 20th century. |
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the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to mobilize the purchasing power of union
members and their families to fight for higher wages and shorter working hours. The
historical data collected for this article demonstrates that the AFL was not
ignorant of the relationship between production and consumption, or the worker and
the consumer. I discuss how the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to build
solidarity across its affiliated trade unions and provide a way for the wives,
daughters, and mothers of union men to become involved in the labor movement through
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the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to mobilize the purchasing power of union
members and their families to fight for higher wages and shorter working hours. The
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ignorant of the relationship between production and consumption, or the worker and
the consumer. I discuss how the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to build
solidarity across its affiliated trade unions and provide a way for the wives,
daughters, and mothers of union men to become involved in the labor movement through
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members and their families to fight for higher wages and shorter working hours. The
historical data collected for this article demonstrates that the AFL was not
ignorant of the relationship between production and consumption, or the worker and
the consumer. I discuss how the AFL used its consumer tactics to try to build
solidarity across its affiliated trade unions and provide a way for the wives,
daughters, and mothers of union men to become involved in the labor movement through
consumption. I argue that these consumer tactics need to be fully acknowledged, as
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