Joel I. Seidman (1906-1977) was a 20th-century economics professor and Socialist, best known for his 1932 dissertation and book The Yellow Dog Contract as well as work with Brookwood Labor College.[1]

Background

Seidman studied at the Johns Hopkins University in the mid-1920s (here, Gilman Hall)

Joel Isaac Seidman was born in 1906. He attended the Baltimore City College[2] and earned a BA from the Johns Hopkins University in 1926.[3] He earned a doctorate with a thesis on yellow dog contracts.[1][4]

Career

Sedman taught at Brookwood Labor College in the 1930s (here, main building)

In the mid-1930s, Seidman taught for three years[5] at the Brookwood Labor College, whose Brookwood Labor Publications published some of his works (e.g., A Labor Party for America? [1936][6]). As part of Brookwood's field work, Seidman met with UAW leaders including Walter Reuther to discuss the sitdown strike strategy, about which Seidman also wrote for the UAW.[7][8] In the later 1930s, Seidman became director of Brookwood Labor College (which closed in 1937).[9]

For a period of fifteen years, Seidman was associated with trade unions, chiefly the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), AFL, and the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), CIO.[5]

In the late 1930s and into World War II (1939), League for Industrial Democracy organized summer institutes to educate students in union organizing and sponsored lecture tours by Seidman and LeRoy Bower.[10]

During the 1930s and 1940s, Seidman served for five years on the National Labor Relations Board, less time spent in military service during World War II.[5]

In the 1938 United States House of Representatives elections, Seidman ran for New York's 13th congressional district seat on the Socialist ticket.

Around 1947,[5] Seidman joined the Industrial Relations Center in the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, where he taught and directed research,[5] as well as serving as chairman of the Hyde Park Cooperative Society.[1]

Works

Seidman wrote the first-ever book on yellow dog contracts. It traced their history from the 1830s in the United Kingdom, the 1870s in the United States, the use of the term "yellow dog" following World War I, to a land-mark event when the U.S. Senate rejected the nomination of Judge John J. Parker to the United States Supreme Court.[11]

Articles
  • "The Yellow Dog Contract"" (1932)[12]
Books
Co-Authored Books
Pamphlets, papers, monographs, lectures, and other
  • Union Constitutions: Political Rights of Members (1959)[31]
  • Abraham Bisno, Union Pioneer with foreword by Joel Seidman (1967)[32][33]
  • Industrial Relations Center, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii:
    • Industrial Relations Systems of the United States and New Zealand: A Comparison (1969)[34]
    • Public Sector Collective Bargaining and the Administrative Process (1972)[35]
    • A Guide to Discipline in the Public Sector (1977)[36]
Co-Authored papers, monographs
  • Some Presidential Interpretations of the Presidency (1932)[37]
  • Strikes Under the New Deal (1935-7?)[38]
  • Shall Strikes be Outlawed? (1938)[39]
  • Russia–Democracy Or Dictatorship? (1939)[40][41]
  • Political Consciousness in a Local Union (1951)[42]
  • The Dual Union Clause and Political Rights (1960)[43]
  • The Hawaii Law on Collective Bargaining in Public Employment (1973)[44]
  • Faculty Attitudes and Choice of a Collective Bargaining Agency in Hawaii (1974)[45]
  • The Education and Employment of Women Graduates in New Zealand (1975)[46]
  • The Merit Principle and Collective Bargaining in Hawaii: A Study (1976)[47]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Seidman, Joel". University of Chicago - Photographic Archive. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ↑ University Register. Johns Hopkins Press. 1924. p. 99. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Conferring of Degrees (PDF). Johns Hopkins Press. 8 June 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 Seidman, Joel I. (1932). The Yellow Dog Contract. Johns Hopkins Press. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Communist Dominator of Unions and National Security. USGPO. 1952. p. 169. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 Seidman, Joel (1936). A Labor Party for America?. Brookwood Labor Publications. p. 36. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  7. 1 2 Seidman, Joel (1937). "Sit-Down". League for Industrial Democracy. p. 40. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Brookwood Labor College And Its Impact on the American Labor Movement". The Line. New Brookwood. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Skotnes, Andrew (2012). A New Deal for All?: Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Duke University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0822353591. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  10. ↑ Lewack, Harold (1953). Campus rebels; a brief history of the Student League for Industrial Democracy. Student League for Industrial Democracy. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Witte, Edwin E. (December 1933). "The Yellow Dog Contract. Joel I. Seidman". Social Service Review. University of Chicago. 7 (4): 703–704. doi:10.1086/631332. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Seidman, Joel I. (1932). "The Yellow Dog Contract". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 46 (2): 348–361. doi:10.2307/1883234. JSTOR 1883234. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Seidman, Joel I. (1932). The Yellow Dog Contract: A Dissertation. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 96. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  14. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1942). The Needle Trades. Farrar & Rhinehart. p. 356. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  15. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1943). Union Rights and Union Dues. Harcourt Brace. p. 238. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  16. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1953). American Labor from Defense to Reconversion. University of Chicago Press. p. 307. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1962). The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: The Internal Political Life of a National Union. Wiley. p. 207. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  18. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1969). Communism in the United States: A Bibliography. Cornell University Press. p. 526. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  19. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; London, Jack; Karsh, Bernard (1950). The Leadership Group in a Local Union. University of Chicago Press. p. 152. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  20. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; London, Jack; Karsh, Bernard (1958). The Worker Views His Union. University of Chicago Press. p. 299. ISBN 9780835796613. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  21. ↑ Joel I. Seidman, ed. (1970). "foreword by George P. Shultz". Trade Union Government and Collective Bargaining: Some Critical Issues. Praeger special studies in U.S. Economic and social development. University of Chicago Press. LCCN 70101484. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  22. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1934). The Labor Movement Today. Brookwood Labor Publications. p. 34. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  23. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1936). The Company Union. Brookwood Labor Publications. p. 26. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  24. ↑ Seidman, Joel. Methods of War Resistance. Brookwood Labor Publications.
  25. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1937). The Wagner Act and the Automobile Worker. United Automobile Workers of America. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  26. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1937). The Wagner Act and the Automobile Worker. United Automobile Workers of America. p. 16. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  27. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1937). Labor Problems and Sketch of American Labor Movement. United Automobile Workers of America. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  28. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1937). The Elements of Trade Unionism: Simple Answers to Simple Questions. Educational Department, United Automobile Workers of America. p. 30. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  29. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1937). "Sit-Down". League for Industrial Democracy. p. 40. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  30. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1969). Democracy in the Labor Movement: Three lectures given at Cornell University under the auspices of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations during April 1957. New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relation, Cornell University. p. 81. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  31. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1969). Union Constitutions: Political Rights of Members. A.G. Bush Library of Management, Organization and Industrial Relations, University of Chicago. p. 21. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  32. ↑ "foreword by Joel I. Seidman". Abraham Bisno, Union Pioneer: An Autobiographical Account of Bisno's Early Life and the Beginnings of Unionism in the Women's Garment Industry. 1967. p. 244. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  33. ↑ "foreword by Joel I. Seidman". Abraham Bisno, Union Pioneer: An Autobiographical Account of Bisno's Early Life and the Beginnings of Unionism in the Women's Garment Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. 1967. p. 244. LCCN 67020752. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  34. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1975). Industrial Relations Systems of the United States and New Zealand: A Comparison. Industrial Relations Center, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii. p. 18. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  35. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac (1972). Public Sector Collective Bargaining and the Administrative Process. Industrial Relations Center, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii. p. 17. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  36. ↑ Seidman, Joel (1977). A Guide to Discipline in the Public Sector. Industrial Relations Center, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii. p. 117. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  37. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Rojr, Charles James; Teper, Lazare; Small, Norman Jerome (1932). Some Presidential Interpretations of the Presidency. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 92. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  38. ↑ Seidman, Joel; Goldbloom, Maurice; Herlin, John; Yard, Elizabeth; Schlossberg, Joseph. Strikes Under the New Deal. Brookwood Labor Publications. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  39. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Teper, Lazare (1938). Shall Strikes be Outlawed?. League for Industrial Democracy. p. 32. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  40. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Teper, Lazare (1939). Russia–Democracy Or Dictatorship?. League for Industrial Democracy. p. 71. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  41. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Thomas, Norman (1939). Russia–Democracy Or Dictatorship?. League for Industrial Democracy. p. 71. LCCN 40003708. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  42. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; London, Jack; Karsh, Bernard (1951). Political Consciousness in a Local Union. Industrial Relations Center, University of Chicago. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  43. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Melcher, Arlyn J. (1960). The Dual Union Clause and Political Rights. Industrial Relations Center, University of Chicago. p. 12. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  44. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Najita, Joyce M. (1973). The Hawaii Law on Collective Bargaining in Public Employment. Industrial Relations Center, University of Hawaii. p. 72. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  45. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Edge, Al; Kelley, Nelson Lane (1974). Faculty Attitudes and Choice of a Collective Bargaining Agency in Hawaii. Industrial Relations Center, University of Hawaii. p. 45. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  46. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Anderson, Gordon John; Howells, John M.; Romanovsky, P.C. (1975). The Education and Employment of Women Graduates in New Zealand: The Application of Statistical and Mechanical Models to Social. Victoria University of Wellington, Industrial Relations Centre. p. 54. ISBN 9780835796613. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  47. ↑ Seidman, Joel Isaac; Najita, Joyce M. (1976). The Merit Principle and Collective Bargaining in Hawaii: A Study. Industrial Relations Center, University of Hawaii. p. 107. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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