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Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
by Larry Tye
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Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class.... ( read more)
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Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home
by Steve Early
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Collected for the first time, the essays that comprise Embedded With Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class war at home from a longtime organizer and aparticipatory labor journalist.a Steve Early tackles the most pressing... ( read more)
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Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Toward Social Justice
by Bill Fletcher, Jr.
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The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global battlefield filled with landmines and littered with the bodies of various social movements and struggles. Candid, incisive, and accessible, Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of labor'... ( read more)
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Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century
by Randy Shaw
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Cesar Chavez is the most prominent Latino in United States history books, and much has been written about Chavez and the United Farm Worker's heyday in the 1960s and '70s. But left untold has been their ongoing impact on 21st century social justice... ( read more)
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Revolt on Goose Island
by Kari Lydersen
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"I think they're absolutely right... what's happening to them is reflective of what's happening across this economy." --President Barack Obama on the workers at Republic Windows & Doors December 5, 2008: It wasn't supposed to work like this. Days after... ( read more)
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Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home
by Steve Early
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Collected for the first time, the essays that comprise Embedded With Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class war at home from a longtime organizer and aparticipatory labor journalist.a Steve Early tackles the most pressing... ( read more)
Your price: $86.95
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Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid - And What We Can Do about It
by Kim Bobo
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Wage Theft in Americasheds light on a widespread problem that many are not aware of. Anyone who works for a living or knows someone who does should read this. '"Bishop Gabino Zavala, Archdiocese of Los... ( read more)
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Betrayal of Work : How Low-wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans (03 Edition)
by Beth Shulman
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The book Newsweek's Anna Quindlen said should be required reading for every presidential candidate and member of Congress. Following its publication in hardcover, the critically acclaimed The Betrayal of Work became one of the most influential policy... ( read more)
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State of the Unions (08 Edition)
by Dine
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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... ( read more)
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Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement (Working Class in American History)
by Steven K. Ashby
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This on-the-ground labor history focuses on the bitterly contested labor conflict in the early 1990s at the A. E. Staley corn processing plant in Decatur, Illinois, where workers waged one of the most hard-fought struggles in recent labor history... ( read more)
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Labor Relations : Striking a Balance (2ND 08 Edition)
by John W. Budd
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John Budd continues to present the most dynamic, engaging approach to understanding labor relations in the 21st century with Labor Relations, 2/e. Budds well-received and award-winning presentation shows labor relations as a system for striking a balance... ( read more)
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Why Unions Matter
by Michael D Yates
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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)
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track
by Andy Stern
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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... ( read more)
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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
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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... ( read more)
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The Union Steward's Complete Guide: A Survival Manual
by David M. Prosten
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The first edition of this book, published in 1997, quickly became the workplace bible for workplace union activists across North America, selling nearly 45,000 copies. This new, second edition, updates the original book and adds new material on workplace... ( read more)
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United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society (Jossey-Bass Education Series)
by Charles Taylor Kerchner
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How teacher's unions can serve as advocates of innovative school reform.In this groundbreaking work, the authors make a compelling case for transforming teacher unions to become champions of quality schooling. This new model of teacher unions would be... ( read more)
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Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture (Working Class in American History)
by Lawrence Richards
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Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture confronts one of the most vexing questions with which labor activists and labor academics struggle: why is there so much opposition to organized labor in the United States? Scholars often point to... ( read more)
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The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found
by Don J Snyder
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Snyder's account of temporarily losing his way in life presents a heartrending and inspiring memoir that "confronts the not-so-secret fear that haunts every American who works for a living" ("Atlanta Journal-Constitution"). Author pubilcity. .... ( read more)
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by David Von Drehle
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-325) and index.... ( read more)
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Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy
by Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda
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Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work,... ( read more)
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