Lisa Phillips is an assistant professor of history at Indiana State University.

"Lisa Phillips has written a first-rate account exploring the history of District 65 (originally Wholesale and Dry Good Workers, or WDGW). From the union's early days during the Depression in the 1930s, District 65 sought to navigate the complexities of American politics and provide a voice for low wage workers. Activists and students of labor history and politics should definitely read this book!"--American Historical Review"An interesting case study of Local 65 in New York from the Depression years through the 1960s. This 'renegade union' attempted to organize and improve the lives of low-wage workers (often African American and Jewish men and women). The book is meticulously researched, offers a unique case study, and is very well worth a close reading."--The Historian"A Renegade Union presents a much needed perspective on an array of topics that have received scant attention by scholars. With great flair and insightful details Philips places the history of District 65 and several other radical unions at the center of this analysis of the Civil Right Movement. . . . lucidly written and path-breaking. . . . Phillips makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on labor organizing, civil rights campaigns, and community activism."--The Journal of African American History

• Acknowledgments   ixList of Acronyms   xiii Introduction   11. Community-Based, "Catch-All" Organizing on New York's Lower East Side   152. Getting beyond Racial, Ethnic, Religious, and Skill-Based Divisions   423. "Like a Scab over an Infected Sore": Full and Fair Employment during and after World War II   664. Attached from the Right and the Left: Community-Organizing, Civic Unionism during the Early Years of the Cold War   915. A Third Labor Federation? The Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America (DPO)   1146. Community Organizing under the AFL-CIO Umbrella   137Conclusion   167Abbreviated Chronology   187 Notes   189Index   221

Lisa Phillips is an assistant professor of history at Indiana State University.

"Lisa Phillips has written a first-rate account exploring the history of District 65 (originally Wholesale and Dry Good Workers, or WDGW). From the union's early days during the Depression in the 1930s, District 65 sought to navigate the complexities of American politics and provide a voice for low wage workers. Activists and students of labor history and politics should definitely read this book!"--American Historical Review"An interesting case study of Local 65 in New York from the Depression years through the 1960s. This 'renegade union' attempted to organize and improve the lives of low-wage workers (often African American and Jewish men and women). The book is meticulously researched, offers a unique case study, and is very well worth a close reading."--The Historian"A Renegade Union presents a much needed perspective on an array of topics that have received scant attention by scholars. With great flair and insightful details Philips places the history of District 65 and several other radical unions at the center of this analysis of the Civil Right Movement. . . . lucidly written and path-breaking. . . . Phillips makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on labor organizing, civil rights campaigns, and community activism."--The Journal of African American History

• Acknowledgments   ixList of Acronyms   xiii Introduction   11. Community-Based, "Catch-All" Organizing on New York's Lower East Side   152. Getting beyond Racial, Ethnic, Religious, and Skill-Based Divisions   423. "Like a Scab over an Infected Sore": Full and Fair Employment during and after World War II   664. Attached from the Right and the Left: Community-Organizing, Civic Unionism during the Early Years of the Cold War   915. A Third Labor Federation? The Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America (DPO)   1146. Community Organizing under the AFL-CIO Umbrella   137Conclusion   167Abbreviated Chronology   187 Notes   189Index   221