The College of Education for Human Sciences (Ibn Rushd), University of Baghdad, held the public defense of the PhD dissertation entitled “The Development of the Labor Movement in the United States (1935–1964)”, presented by Ismail Ubaid Hamaki, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History specializing in Modern History.
The dissertation examination committee was chaired by Professor Dr. Ali Mohammed Karim. Professor Dr. Alaa Hamza Duwaili served as both supervisor and committee member. The committee also included a distinguished group of faculty members from the Department of History, in addition to Professor Dr. Haider Shakir Khamees from the College of Education, Al-Mustansiriyah University, who participated as an external examiner.
The dissertation aimed to examine the development of the labor movement in the United States during the period from 1935 to 1964, a pivotal era in modern American social, economic, and political history.
The study concluded that the American labor movement achieved significant progress in terms of its legal legitimacy and its social and political standing. It contributed substantially to improving workers’ conditions and expanding the concept of social justice, particularly through its support for civil rights causes.
Furthermore, the labor movement played a vital role in organizing industrial production and maintaining economic stability during the Second World War. Its cooperation with the federal government helped reduce industrial disputes, strengthen wartime production mobilization, and ensure the continuous operation of factories and other essential sectors in support of the national war effort.
