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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 5,840 ratings — published 1974
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The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series) The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,358 ratings — published 1991
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Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 19 ratings — published 2004
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Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.19 — 252 ratings — published 1991
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Class Struggle Unionism Class Struggle Unionism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 242 ratings — published
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.02 — 34,278 ratings — published 2018
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Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,375 ratings — published 2021
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A History of America in Ten Strikes A History of America in Ten Strikes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,089 ratings — published 2018
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Poor Workers' Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below Poor Workers' Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 47 ratings — published 2005
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Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 872 ratings — published 1974
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Workers in a Lean World: Unions in the International Economy Workers in a Lean World: Unions in the International Economy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 36 ratings — published 1997
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Theories of the Labor Movement Theories of the Labor Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published
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Why Unions Matter Why Unions Matter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 183 ratings — published 1998
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Rekindling the Movement: Labor's Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century (Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series) Rekindling the Movement: Labor's Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century (Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series)
by (shelved 3 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2001
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Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets off a Struggle for the Soul of America Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets off a Struggle for the Soul of America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 488 ratings — published 1997
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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avg rating 3.65 — 195,525 ratings — published 2001
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Rust Belt Union Blues: Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party Rust Belt Union Blues: Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 83 ratings — published
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Rank and File Rank and File (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 51 ratings — published 1973
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New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.44 — 18 ratings — published 2014
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Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History) Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History)
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avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published
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Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 161 ratings — published 2014
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Punching Out & Other Writings Punching Out & Other Writings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 2002
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Janesville: An American Story Janesville: An American Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,631 ratings — published 2017
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Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It (FSG Originals x Logic) Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It (FSG Originals x Logic)
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avg rating 3.77 — 270 ratings — published 2020
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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,794 ratings — published 2021
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Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,352 ratings — published 2021
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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 809 ratings — published 2019
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Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin) Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.18 — 453 ratings — published 2019
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Tell the Bosses We're Coming: A New Action Plan for Workers in the Twenty-First Century Tell the Bosses We're Coming: A New Action Plan for Workers in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 17 ratings — published
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The State and Labor in Modern America The State and Labor in Modern America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 3.84 — 19 ratings — published 1994
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Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1989
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What We Hold In Common: Exploring Women's Lives & Working Class Studies What We Hold In Common: Exploring Women's Lives & Working Class Studies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 2000
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Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History) Disruption in Detroit: Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom (Working Class in American History)
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avg rating 4.75 — 8 ratings — published
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Sabotage in the American Workplace: Anecdotes of Dissatisfaction, Mischief and Revenge Sabotage in the American Workplace: Anecdotes of Dissatisfaction, Mischief and Revenge (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 106 ratings — published 1992
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Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture (Working Class in American History) Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture (Working Class in American History)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 3.00 — 9 ratings — published 2008
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The New Rank and File The New Rank and File (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 2000
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Labor Law for the Rank and Filer Labor Law for the Rank and Filer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.24 — 189 ratings — published 2008
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Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell); My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell); My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement
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avg rating 4.45 — 483 ratings — published 2012
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The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.05 — 21 ratings — published 1989
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Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 80 ratings — published 1992
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Socialist and Labor Songs: An International Revolutionary Songbook (The Charles H. Kerr Library) Socialist and Labor Songs: An International Revolutionary Songbook (The Charles H. Kerr Library)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2013
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New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as labor-studies)
avg rating 4.18 — 22 ratings — published 2014
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Direct Action & Sabotage: Three Classic IWW Pamphlets from the 1910s Direct Action & Sabotage: Three Classic IWW Pamphlets from the 1910s (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 40 ratings — published 1997
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America The Working Poor: Invisible in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 5,732 ratings — published 2004
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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
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avg rating 3.95 — 846 ratings — published 2017
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Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,078 ratings — published 1983
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Against Labor: How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism (Working Class in American History) Against Labor: How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism (Working Class in American History)
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avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published
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