Pane e Lavoro: The Italian American Working Class 
George E. Pozzetta, ed. 

Conference Volume 11. 1978. Pane e Lavoro: The Italian American Working Class. George E. Pozzetta, ed. 1980. 176 pp. John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. October 27-28, 1978. 



Table of Contents 

Preface by Luciano J. Iorizzo, President, AIHA … p. vii 
Introduction by George E. Pozzetta… p. ix 

Part 1 Work and the Working Class 
Anthony Capraro and the Lawrence Strike of 1919 … p. 3 
by Rudolph J. Vecoli 

Italians and the Tampa General Strike of 1910 … p. 29 
by George Pozzetta 

Italian Involvement in the 1903-04 Coal Miners’ Strike 
in Southern Colorado and Utah… p. 47 
by Philip F. Notarianni 

Italians in the Cherry, Illinois, Mine Disaster… p. 67 
by Betty Boyd Caroli 

The Cultural Background of the Italian Immigrant Woman 
and Its Impact on Her Unionization in the 
New York City Garment Industry 1880-1919 … p. 81 
by Colomba M. Furio 

Angela Bambace and the International Ladies 
Garment Workers Union: 
the Search for an Elusice Activist … p. 99 
by Jean Scarpaci 

The Padrone System and Sojourners in 
the Canadian North, 1885-1920 … p. 119 
by Robert F. Harney 

Part 2 Working-Class Conflict and Adjustment 
Italian American Workers and the Response to Fascism… p. 141 
by Vincent M. Lombardi 

The Italian American Working Class and the Vietnam War … p. 159 
by Fred Milano