Books That Love Labor/Unions

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When the Revolution Comes

Chris Smalls

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They Call It Love

Alva Gotby

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Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981

Philip S Foner, Professor of African-American Studies Robin D G Kelley

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For Jobs and Freedom

Professor Robert H Zieger

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Bananeras

Dana Frank

Dana Frank follows Latin American women banana workers organizing for greater influence within their unions, workplaces, and international labor movements.

Synopsis

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Teacher Unions and Social Justice

Michael Charney, Jesse Hagopian

More than sixty articles examine the history and practice of teacher union organizing that connects public education with community-led social justice efforts.

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A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

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Reconsidering Southern Labor History

Matthew Hild, Keri Leigh Merritt

“Illustrates that labor arrangements are as important now as they have been since abolition.”
North Carolina Historical ReviewPublished endorsement

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To 'Joy My Freedom

Tera W Hunter

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Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

Jane McAlevey, Bob Ostertag

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Why Unions Matter

Michael D Yates

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Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham

Horace Huntley, David W Montgomery

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Brotherhoods of Color

Assistant Professor of History Eric Arnesen

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Civil Rights Unionism

Robert R Korstad

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Life Interrupted

Denise Brennan

“Steering clear of lurid depictions of sexual slavery, Brennan has written a serious yet readable account of trafficking in the United States.”
Karunesh Tuli "Foreword ReviewsReview excerpt

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Fight Like Hell

Kim Kelly

“A well-reasoned argument for restoring unions to their former role in the lives of American workers.”
KirkusReview excerpt

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Overcoming Capitalism

Tom Wetzel

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Work Won't Love You Back

Sarah Jaffe

“An important, timely reminder of the meaning of work.”
Los Angeles Review of BooksReview excerpt

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Labor Rising

Richard Greenwald, Daniel Katz

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A History of America in Ten Strikes

Erik Loomis

Erik Loomis examines American labor history through ten strikes, tracing how workers organized to challenge employers and change working conditions.

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Rebuilding Labor

Ruth Milkman, Kim Voss

“Rebuilding Labor breaks new ground in providing rich empirical material and careful analysis for understanding the dynamics of contemporary labor organizing.”
Richard Flacks, University of California at Santa BarbaraPublished endorsement

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Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar

Richard Ford

“This book is worth a read.”
New York TimesReview excerpt

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The Turbulent Years

Professor Emeritus of Political Science Irving Bernstein, Frances Fox Piven

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Class Struggle Unionism

Joe Burns

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Red State Revolt

Eric Blanc

Eric Blanc examines teacher walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona, focusing on their organizing methods and implications for the labor movement.

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Solidarity Divided

Bill Fletcher Jr, Fernando Gapasin

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The Radium Girls

Kate Moore

“This timely book celebrates the strength of a group of women, whose determination to fight improved both labor laws and scientific knowledge of radium poisoning.”
and outrage--in book groups." -- Booklist-STARRED reviewReview excerpt

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Beaten Down, Worked Up

Steven Greenhouse

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In a Day's Work

Bernice Yeung

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$2.00 A Day

Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer

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Going Down Jericho Road

Michael K Honey

Michael Honey recounts the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike and Martin Luther King Jr.’s involvement in its struggles over labor and racial justice.

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There Is Power in a Union

Philip Dray

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Unions Matter

Matthew Behrens, The Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (Cflr)

This collection examines Canadian labor rights and argues that unions and collective bargaining play a role in reducing inequality and supporting democracy.

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From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

Priscilla Murolo, A B Chitty

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"They're Bankrupting Us!"

Bill Fletcher Jr.

“It’s amazing how much nonsense about unions is believed, and how little is really known about their purpose and proud history.”
Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and former Op-Ed columnist for The New York TimesReview excerpt

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Work Without the Worker

Phil Jones

Phil Jones investigates online crowdworking platforms and the workers whose small digital tasks help train machine-learning systems.

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On the Books

Greg Farrell

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