ABSTRACT
The Careerist is highly identified with the hierarchy of his union and is oriented towards a career within it. This type got his start as a rank-and-file worker and union activist. Like the Party Missionary, he typically came to the attention of union officials through general activity as a functionary in a local union; demonstrating loyalty to such officials in the early struggles of the union; demonstrating special "technical" skills in union work. The men who entered as Outsider Careerists typically came from nonlabor, nonideological occupations usually relevant to their first union jobs—such occupations as commercial advertising or newspaper work, industrial engineer in a company, management consultant, private law practice, and civil service unconnected with the New Deal. The Technician Professional, the Outsider Careerist tends to be means-centered in describing his work—indifferent to any goals, straight trade union or otherwise.
