Labor's appeal to the past: The 1972 election in the united mine workers

1 September 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal

Vol. 28 (3) , 173-184
https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977709367938

Abstract

The past is often a potent means of controlling the rhetoric of the present. In this essay the 1972 election contest for the leadership of the United Mine Workers was examined as a case in point. The memberships’ perception of the past, the ways in which competing sides appealed to the memory of John L. Lewis, and the manner in which the dissidents overcame the constraints imposed by the entrenched leadership and used the past to their advantage, are all crucial factors in explaining the rhetorical dimensions of the 1972 election and may begin to contribute to a generic understanding of labor rhetoric.

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