TY - BOOK ID - 15919994 TI - Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. : labor's champion PY - 2015 SN - 1315703793 1317468910 0765610442 9781317468912 9781315703794 9781317468905 1317468902 9781317468929 1317468929 9780765610447 9780765610447 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century. KW - Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography. KW - Van Arsdale, Harry, -- 1905-1986. KW - Business & Economics KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - Labor unions KW - Labor movement KW - Officials and employees KW - History KW - Van Arsdale, Harry, KW - Arsdale, Harry Van, KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15919994 AB - Harry Van Arsdale (1905-1986) was a towering figure in the New York labor scene. After being initiated into the Local 3 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1925 and becoming its business manager in 1933, Van Arsdale turned the then corrupt and disorganized union into a force to be reckoned with. He became president of the New York City Central Labor Council in 1957, which put him in a position to become a greater influence for labor relations locally and nationally. As business manager and president of these organizations, Van Arsdale advocated and won shorter work days, in orde. ER -