Champions of Labor,

A history of the labor union movement in the United States traced through the influence and activities of William H. Sylvis, Terence V. Powderly, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs, William D. Haywood, William Green, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman, David Dublinsky, Philip Murray, Walter Reuther, George Meany, and A. Philip Randolph.Dedicated men who led the uphill, often violent struggle to establish labor unions in the United States are described in this history of the labor movement