Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Organizing in the 1970s
View through CrossRef
In 1973, housewives in California launched what would be the last meat boycott of the twentieth century. And, like its predecessors, the 1973 boycott gained national momentum albeit with little political traction now that Peterson had left public life for a job in the private sector as the consumer advisor to the Giant grocery store chain. And in some quarters of the labor movement, activists drew very clear links between the family economy and the stagnation plaguing workers’ wages. The 1973 boycott led to the founding of the National Consumers Congress, a national organization intended to unite consumer organizers. While it was a short-lived organization, it demonstrates the momentum that consumer activism was building. This chapter also reflects on the lost coordinating opportunity between housewives organizing around consumer issues and the women’s movement in the 1970s.
Title: Organizing in the 1970s
Description:
In 1973, housewives in California launched what would be the last meat boycott of the twentieth century.
And, like its predecessors, the 1973 boycott gained national momentum albeit with little political traction now that Peterson had left public life for a job in the private sector as the consumer advisor to the Giant grocery store chain.
And in some quarters of the labor movement, activists drew very clear links between the family economy and the stagnation plaguing workers’ wages.
The 1973 boycott led to the founding of the National Consumers Congress, a national organization intended to unite consumer organizers.
While it was a short-lived organization, it demonstrates the momentum that consumer activism was building.
This chapter also reflects on the lost coordinating opportunity between housewives organizing around consumer issues and the women’s movement in the 1970s.
Related Results
Politics and Policies in the 1970s and Early Twenty-first Century
Politics and Policies in the 1970s and Early Twenty-first Century
This chapter examines the political economy created by politicians and business leaders in the 1970s and its links to the Great Recession. It argues that the economies of the 1970s...
Union Responses to Workforce Feminization in the United States
Union Responses to Workforce Feminization in the United States
This chapter examines how labor unions responded to workforce feminization that began in the 1970s. It first places the relationship of women to unions in historical perspective be...
Introduction
Introduction
This introductory chapter is about how historians have overlooked a wave of private-sector union organizing efforts in the 1970s. These efforts were led by the women and people of ...
Hard Hats, Rednecks, And Macho Men
Hard Hats, Rednecks, And Macho Men
Abstract
Everywhere you look in 1970s American cinema, you find white working-class men. They bring a violent conclusion to Easy Rider, murdering the film’s represen...
Industrial safety. Workshop
Industrial safety. Workshop
The textbook discusses the main issues of organizing and conducting practical work on the discipline "Industrial safety". Practical work is presented in the field of ensuring human...
Suicide's Suicide
Suicide's Suicide
New York City in the 1970s was an urban nightmare: destitute, dirty, and dangerous. As the country collectively turned its back on the Big Apple, two musical vigilantes rose out of...