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"They're Bankrupting Us!": And 20 Other Myths about Unions by Bill Fletcher, Jr. Publisher Comments From Wisconsin to Washington, DC, the claims are made: unions are responsible for budget deficits, and their members are overpaid and enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy, pundits claim, is to weaken the labor movement, strip... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Ours to Master and to Own: Workers' Control from the Commune to the Present by Dario Azzellini Publisher Comments From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions, fought bitter strikes, and gone so far as to challenge the very premises of the system by creating institutions of democratic self-management aimed at... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - 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, the prolific songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World (also known as the Wobblies), was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad, igniting international controversy. In the first major biography of... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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All Labor Has Dignity (12 Edition) by Martin Luther King 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 $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Which Side Are You On? ((Rev)04 Edition) by Thomas Geoghegan Publisher Comments When it first appeared in hardcover, Which Side Are You On? received widespread critical accolades, and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. In this new paperback edition, Thomas Geoghegan has updated his eloquent plea... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wobblies : the Story of the IWW and Syndicalism in the United States, Updated ((Rev)99 Edition) by Patrick Renshaw Publisher Comments Does anyone save historians remember the Wobblies? This nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the revolutionary labor union founded in Chicago in 1905, not so long ago was part of the vocabulary of labor and socialist movements... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Unions Matter (2ND 10 Edition) 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Civil Rights Unionism : Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-twentieth Century South (03 Edition) by Robert Rodgers Korstad Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-522) and index.... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old? by Steve Early Publisher Comments BETWEEN 2008 AND 2010, the progressive wing of the U.S. labor movement tore itself apart in a series of internecine struggles. More than $140 million was expended, by all sides, on organizing conflicts that tarnished union reputations and undermined the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963 to 2009 by Howard. Ed By Anthony Arnove. Zinn Publisher Comments Howard Zinn has illuminated our history like no other US historian. This collection of his speeches on protest movements, racism, war, and US history, many never before published, covers more than four decades of his active engagement with the audiences... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.70 New - Trade Paper
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The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett Publisher Comments In The Corrosion of Character, Richard Sennett, "among the country's most distinguished thinkers . . . has concentrated into 176 pages a profoundly affecting argument" (Business Week) that draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives, bakers, a... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - 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: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mexican Workers and the American Dreams : Immigration, Repatriation, and California Farm Labor, 1900-1939 (94 Edition) by Camille Guerin-gonzale Publisher Comments "Guerin-Gonzales's special contribution is the link she explores between immigrant experience and the American dream. The towering irony her fine book reveals is how an ideology of promise for others was for the Mexican migrants the justification... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Motivation to Work (Ppr) by Frederick Herzberg Publisher Comments Using workers' accounts of real events that have made them feel good or bad on the job, Herzberg stimulated research and controversy that continue to the present day. The authors surprisingly found that a poor work environment generated discontent, but... (read more) Your price: $34.50 New - Trade Paper
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International Labor Standards: History, Theory, and Policy Options by Kaushik Basu Publisher Comments This book addresses the controversial call for international labor standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards. A result of an initiative by Professor Kaushik Basu in his... (read more) Your price: $72.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries (John Hope Franklin Center Book) by Kathi Weeks Publisher Comments In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal... (read more) Your price: $25.25 New - Trade Paper
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A Renegade Union: Interracial Organizing and Labor Radicalism (Working Class in American History) by Lisa Phillips Publisher Comments Dedicated to organizing workers from diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, many of whom were considered "unorganizable" by other unions, the progressive New York City-based labor union District 65 counted among its 30,000 members... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Hardcover
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Reviving the Strike (11 Edition) 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Autoworkers Under the Gun: A Shop-Floor View of the End of the American Dream by Gregg Shotwell Publisher Comments Workers' rights are not defined by law or contract. Workers' rights are defined by struggle. Gregg Shotwells Live Bait and Ammo newsletter chronicled the outrages and absurdities of corporate managers, exposed union leaders who acted in partnership&... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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Why David Sometimes Wins (09 Edition) by Marshall Ganz Publisher Comments Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale. Since the 1900s, large-scale agricultural enterprises relied on migrant labor--a cheap... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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