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Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do about It
by Hartman  Publisher Comments The American middle class is on its deathbed. People who put in a solid day's work can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. If you’re not a CEO, you’re probably screwed. As Air...
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Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It (Bk Currents)
by Thom Hartmann Publisher Comments The American middle class is on its deathbed. Ordinary folks who put in a solid day's work can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. If you're not a CEO, you're probably screwed. America wasn't meant to be like...
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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: The Story of the Surviviors' Unprecedented Lawsuit (Vintage)
by Gerald M Stern Publisher Comments One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of...
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Bait and Switch
by Barbara Ehrenreich 
Powells.com Staff Pick Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable follow-up to Nickel and Dimed, examines life in the ever-increasing population of the white-collar unemployed. Veering from the absurd (Wizard of Oz dolls) to the unsettling (Christian prayer breakfasts...
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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
by Ben Hamper Synopsis The man the Detroit Free Press calls "a blue collar Tom Wolfe" delivers a full-barreled blast of truth and gritty reality in Rivethead, a no-holds-barred journey through the belly of the American industrial beast....
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by David Von Drehle
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-325) and index....
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track
by Andy Stern Publisher Comments Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union...
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The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi
by Les Leopold Publisher Comments A CIA-connected labor union, an assassination attempt, a mysterious car crash, listening devices, and stolen documentseverything youd expect from the latest thriller. Yet, this was the reality of Tony Mazzocchi, the Rachel Carson of the U.S. workplace; a...
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From Alienation to Addiction: Modern American Work in Global Historical Perspective (U.S. History in International Perspective)
by Peter N. Stearns Publisher Comments This book has two foci: first, an examination of how work changed as societies industrialized. Modern work, not only in factories but also offices and elsewhere, has characteristics of speed, supervision, and subdivision of tasks that separate it from...
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Outsourcing America Updated Edition the True
by Ron Hira Publisher Comments One of the hottest, most controversial topics in the news is the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Outsourced jobs are extending well beyond the manufacturing sector to include white-collar professionals, particularly in information...
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Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
by Marc Freedman Publisher Comments The movement of millions of sixty-somethings into a new phase in their working lives constitutes one of the most significant social trends in this country in nearly half a century. Encore describes the competing visions for work that are already lining...
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Why Unions Matter (98 Edition)
by Michael D. Yates Publisher Comments "A comprehensive, readable introduction to the history, structure, functioning, and yes, the problems of U.S. unions. For labor and political activists just coming on the scene or veterans looking for that missing overview, this is the best place to...
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Corrosion of Character : the Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism (98 Edition)
by Richard Sennett Synopsis This work describes, explains and warns Europe against following the road alreadly taken by the US and, perhaps not quite irreversibly, Britain by providing an account of life in high-risk, low-loyalty workplaces....
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Intervention Skills: Process Consultation for Small Groups and Teams
by W. Brendan Reddy Synopsis Know how and when to intervene in a functioning group Finally, a functional guide that focuses on putting the concept of group-process consultation into actual practice You'll learn how and under what circumstances a process consultant should intervene...
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Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in Twentieth-Century America (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century American)
by Zaragosa Vargas Publisher Comments In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. Using this event as a springboard, Zaragosa Vargas embarks on the first full-scale history...
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State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence
by Philip M. Dine Publisher Comments From steel workers, Teamsters, and coal miners to teachers, actors, and civil servants, union members once accounted for more than one third of the American workforce. At a mere 12 percent, union membership today is a shadow of what it once was. What...
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On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5
by Suzan Erem Publisher Comments Longshoremen stand at the nexus of the global economy, handling nearly every cargo container that enters or leaves any country. Even in the face of cargo "containerization" in the 70s and 80s, a development that decimated longshore unions, they have...
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How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation
by Marc Bousquet Publisher Comments Marc Bousquet's How the University Works should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the future of higher education, including administrators, faculty members, graduate students, and--even more significantly--undergraduates and their...
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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Broughtsuit Against the Coal Company--And Won
by Gerald M. Stern Publisher Comments One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of...
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U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, the Promise of Revival from Below
by Kim Moody Publisher Comments The finest historian of the contemporary labor movement uncovers the secrets of its collapse and revival. U. S. Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the...
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