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Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America by Joe Burns Publisher Comments If the American labor movement is to rise again, it will not be as a result of electing different politicians, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing. Rather, workers will need to rediscover the power of the strike. Not the... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon by William M Adler Publisher Comments In 1914, Joe Hill was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad, igniting international controversy. Many believed Hill was innocent, condemned for his association with the Industrial Workers of the World -- the radical Wobblies.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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All Labor Has Dignity -with CD (Audio) (11 Edition) by Martin Luther King Jr. Publisher Comments An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America by Joseph Anthony Mccartin Publisher Comments The PATCO strike of 1981 has long been regarded as a pivotal moment in recent US history. It helped transform class politics in the US, and, in conjunction with Thatcher's attack on the miners' union in the UK, signaled a broader shift in advanced... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers (11 Edition) by frank Bardacke Publisher Comments The slogan "Yes, we can"--in the form "¡Sí, Se Puede!"--doesn't originate with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. It goes back more than four decades to the heyday of the United Farm Workers, an organization that at its height won many labor... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $42.00 Used - Hardcover
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Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver Book News Annotation The story of how women in several small towns in Arizona sustained the strike for 18 months. Cloth edition (unseen), $26. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle Publisher Comments Von Drehle chronicles the tragic day in 1911 when fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. With ladders too short for a rescue, 146 people died--123 were women. It was the worst industrial disaster in NY history... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K Shipler Staff Pick The Working Poor is a deeply impressive book, a thorough and balanced study of the millions of Americans living at or around the poverty line. Shipler's varied portraits and interviews are insightful and moving, and his analysis of causes and suggestions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement by Rick Fantasia Publisher Comments This book provides an overview of unions and labor in America.... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Trade Paper
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Why Unions Matter by Michael D. Yates Publisher Comments In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers by Alice Lynd Publisher Comments In this long-out-of-print oral history classic, Alice and Staughton Lynd chronicle the stories of more than two dozen working-class organizers who occupied factories, held sit-down strikes, walked out, picketed, and found other bold and innovative ways... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest by Mari Jo (edt) Buhle Publisher Comments In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Protesters in the Middle East sent greetings--and pizzas--to the thousands occupying the Capitol building... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do about It by Thom Hartmann 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... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy by Lisa Dodson Publisher Comments "I pad their paychecks because you can't live on what they make." —Supervisor of a Fast-food Pizza Place Here is a book that tells the real story of the countless unsung heroes who bend or break the rules to help those millions of Americans... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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To 'joy My Freedom : Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War (97 Edition) by Tera W. Hunter Publisher Comments As the Civil War drew to a close, newly emancipated black women workers made their way to Atlanta--the economic hub of the newly emerging urban and industrial south--in order to build an independent and free life on the rubble of their enslaved past. In... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Learning To Labor : How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs (77 Edition) by Paul Willis Publisher Comments Hailed by the "New Society" as the "best book on male working class youth," this classic work, first published in 1977, has been translated into several foreign languages and remains the authority in ethnographical studies.... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Factory by Miriam Ching Louie Publisher Comments In this up-close and personal look at the heroines who make family, community, and society tick, Miriam Ching Yoon Louie showcases immigrant women workers speaking out for themselves, in their own words. While public outrage over sweatshops builds in... (read more) List Price $22.75 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Picket Line: Strategies of Working-class Women During the Depression (07 Edition) by Mary Triece Publisher Comments On the Picket Line uncovers the voices of working-class women, particularly those active in the Communist Party, U.S.A., in order to examine how these individuals confronted the tensions between their roles as workers, wives, mothers, and consumers... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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