{"product_id":"our-community-at-winchester-the-city-and-its-workers-at-new-havens-gun-factory-hardcover","title":"Our Community at Winchester: The City and Its Workers at New Haven's Gun Factory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeanne Criscola\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Community at Winchester: The City and its Workers at New Haven's Gun Factory\u003c\/em\u003e is based on an exhibit produced by the Greater New Haven Labor History Association in 2013 about workers and the community they created at the Winchester Repeating Arms plant in New Haven, Connecticut, throughout the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Material has been added to the book based on new research. Some of the original information has been revised and\/or expanded upon for clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book traces the workers' long struggle to form a union as they were repeatedly met by powerful management intransigence and resistance. It follows the even greater challenges they faced as the company tried to break strikes, downsized, moved key operations out of New Haven, and repeatedly threatened to close if union members did not offer concessions. It examines the relationship between the City of New Haven and the changing corporate entities that operated the plant as loans and agreements based on guaranteed levels of employment repeatedly had to be amended or abrogated. Finally, it looks at the new \"face of New Haven\" in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century as exemplified by Winchester Lofts and the companies now occupying Science Park where the factory buildings once stood. The book incorporates 18 interviews with former Winchester employees or their family members that reveal the mixed emotions that many had about their workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709189001279,"sku":"9781732180154","price":42.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/37677fb600b1e21f714022d18535dc69.webp?v=1765050501","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/our-community-at-winchester-the-city-and-its-workers-at-new-havens-gun-factory-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}