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Holter, Darryl "Labor spies and union-busting in Wisconsin, 1890-1940"

Labor Spies and Union-Busting in Wisconsin, 1890-1940: Author Darryl Holter traces the history of union busting in Wisconsin via company-hired labor spies, men who worked in factories and plants and reported union-related activities to the company bosses. Holter, an AFL-CIO employee whose writing is very sympathetic to labor interests, also charts legislative efforts by union bosses and socialists to prevent companies from organizing resistance to labor unions in the early 20th Century, showing how unions and their allies in state and local government exposed detective agencies employed by companies to spy on unions. There are also lengthy descriptions of labor conflicts and strikes at Kenosha 's Allen-A hosiery company in the late 1920s, labor-organizing efforts in paper mills in 1930-31, as well as industry efforts to protect itself from union lawlessness. (23 pages)

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Citation: Holter, Darryl "Labor spies and union-busting in Wisconsin, 1890-1940" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 68 /Issue: 4 (1984-1985)
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