Start with Stanley Aronowitz and Nelson Lichtenstein. Make sure to mention that the corporatist labor establishment always tried to contain the Left internally, though it was the strength of the movement.
> Subject: talk I'm giving
>
> At the beginning of April, I will be addressing a meeting of the
> national staff of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of
> America in Wilkes Barre, PA. The title of my talk is "The U.S. Labor
> Movement and the Role of the Left in It." I would be grateful for
> suggestions from list members both as to what I should emphasize and
> what articles, commentaries, etc. I should definitely read in advance to
> help me prepare the talk.
>
> Michael Yates
>