Unions


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A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy
A History of America in Ten Strikes
The Last Ballad
For the Win
The Four Winds
The Cold Millions
Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
The Women of the Copper Country
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell); My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement
Uprising
The Boxcar Librarian
The Lords of the Realm by John HelyarMoneyball by Michael   LewisBall Four by Jim BoutonA Well-Paid Slave by Brad  SnyderEight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
Baseball: Behind the Diamond
67 books — 11 voters
On the Line by Rod MickleburghUnion Zindabad! by Donna SacutaThe Company by Stephen R. BownDominion by Stephen R. BownKlondikers by Tim Falconer
Work and Workers in Canada
22 books — 1 voter

The Colour of Magic by Terry PratchettMr. and Mrs. X, Vol. 1 by Kelly ThompsonForerunner Foray by Andre NortonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchStar Wars by Rodney  Barnes
Speculative Guilds & Unions
5 books — 1 voter
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth WinthropSo Far From Home by Barry Denenberg¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! by Diana CohnA Coal Miner's Bride by Susan Campbell BartolettiFannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell
Labor Movement Children's Lit
41 books — 3 voters


R.A. Spratt
Hello Mrs Cannon,' said Melanie. 'Friday wants me to distract you so that she can get Parker to say something that isn't on his official scripts.' 'Really?' said Mrs Cannon. 'That sounds intriguing. Much more intriguing than this unspeakably boring polo match. Why don't you pretend to sprain your ankle, then I could pretend to be concerned?' 'Okay,' said Melanie. 'Does that mean I can lie down?' 'I wouldn't dream of trying to stop you,' said Mrs Cannon. 'I just wish I could do the same.' 'You co ...more
R.A. Spratt, Big Trouble

The horror of unemployment is the final undoing of the worker. When he sees this confronting him he sells himself regardless of the intrinsic worth of his ability. Labor unions and collective bargaining arose to give him some show of power and dignity.
Art Young, Art Young: His Life and Times

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