On the steel frame of the St. Etienne Hotel, the ironworkers’ union is run by Buck Foley, a walking delegate who sells strikes and settlements to the highest bidder. Young Tom decides to challenge him at the union election, and the campaign drags him through threats, betrayals and Foley’s back-room office while Ruth Arnold shows him what the fight is for.
A muckraking labour novel of 1905 that shows the New York building trades from the girders. Download the free EPUB.