(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Rutgers University Press, ISBN-13: 9781978844094)
The New York City subway system stretches over 800 miles and carries millions of riders every day. While many have written about this legendary public transit system, a century of published books says little about the subway as a workplace. Older bo...Loe edasi...
A systematic study of how the Australian Labor Party, Communist Party and union movement understood key aspects of Australian capitalism and its place in the world from the 1920s to the 1950s, and the social context of their development....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049651)
Founded in 1919, the Federated Press (FP) collected, compiled, and distributed news to Americas labor and radical newspapers. Victoria M. Grieve focuses on the lives and work of four correspondents and staffers Jessie Lloyd, Julia Ruuttila, Virgini...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089305)
Founded in 1919, the Federated Press (FP) collected, compiled, and distributed news to Americas labor and radical newspapers. Victoria M. Grieve focuses on the lives and work of four correspondents and staffers Jessie Lloyd, Julia Ruuttila, Virgini...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1961and based on primary sources, this book examines inter-union disputes and trade union history. It reveals the human reactions involved in one of the most intractable spheres of industrial relations. The author made a nu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089220)
In the post-WWII years, many Mexican Americans viewed undocumented immigration as a threat to their communities. Yet the interplay among Mexican migrants, Mexican Americans, and white Americans eventually produced a vibrant immigrant-oriented activi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049576)
In the post-WWII years, many Mexican Americans viewed undocumented immigration as a threat to their communities. Yet the interplay among Mexican migrants, Mexican Americans, and white Americans eventually produced a vibrant immigrant-oriented activi...Loe edasi...
An unorthodox, irreverent, and battle-tested strategy for workers to leverage the power we already have We know how our workplaces should be, but they’re changing for the worse. We know how we want the world to be too, but...Loe edasi...
Sierminski shows the organic working-class character of the Solidarnosc revolution of 1980--1 and thus debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503645653)
In 1975, Kuwaiti workers orchestrated arguably the most powerful citizen-led movement for noncitizen rights in the history of the Persian Gulf. Their efforts built on decades of wide-ranging struggle over the meanings and outlines of citizenship. Du...Loe edasi...
In 1975, Kuwaiti workers orchestrated arguably the most powerful citizen-led movement for noncitizen rights in the history of the Persian Gulf. Their efforts built on decades of wide-ranging struggle over the meanings and outlines of citizenship....Loe edasi...
A history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable In America today, police enjoy unmatched power. On the streets, officers employ violence at their own discretio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of British Columbia Press, ISBN-13: 9780774871792)
Emphasizes the power of the working class in Canada’s politics. Working-class Canadians are often overlooked by politicians, policymakers, and political scientists. However, the working class accounts for a substantial share of Canada’...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1984, this book provides the first full account of the lives and aspirations of those who have worked in Britain to deliver mail, convey telegrams and transmit telephone conversations from the beginnings of such activities...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192894533)
Nine days in May explores the General Strike of 1926 which brought Britain to a standstill, with both sides commanding powerful forces. Jonathan Schneer presents an in-depth, highly researched account of the strikes, revealing the raw human...Loe edasi...
Author of the critically acclaimed The Wild Men, David Torrance explores another tumultuous and era-defining moment in British political history....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089206)
From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) into a dominant force in industrial America. Cathryn J. Prince tells the story of a self-educated Jew...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089169)
Organized crime figures and their minions honeycombed unions while leadership instituted nepotism, salary padding, and other practices that undermined the well-being of the rank and file. But in New York City, groups of union members and their legal...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049514)
Organized crime figures and their minions honeycombed unions while leadership instituted nepotism, salary padding, and other practices that undermined the well-being of the rank and file. But in New York City, groups of union members and their legal...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049552)
From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) into a dominant force in industrial America. Cathryn J. Prince tells the story of a self-educated Jew...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009732369)
This book offers a rare, accessible look at how workers in Turkey and the UK used human rights law to challenge neoliberal reforms. It is an ideal resource for readers interested in labor rights, international law, and social movements as well as po...Loe edasi...
This book offers a rare, accessible look at how workers in Turkey and the UK used human rights law to challenge neoliberal reforms. It is an ideal resource for readers interested in labor rights, international law, and social movements as well as po...Loe edasi...
Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empire A New Yorker Best Book of the Year “Fi...Loe edasi...
Take Back the Power describes the attempt by radical and militant NYC transit workers to revitalize their moribund union in the 1990s and 2000s, and analyses the choices and dilemmas facing all labor and social movement activists....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Feb-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Between the Lines, ISBN-13: 9781771136839)
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women, how they became involved in the union, and the challenges women faced, sometimes at great...Loe edasi...
A major work in the Black Communist tradition by worker-intellectual Harry Haywood, now in a new edition featuring a foreword by Dr. Rebecca Hall and an introduction by Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly.In 1948, Harry Haywood, a...Loe edasi...
First Published in 1943, American Labour presents a comprehensive story of the American trade union movement. The book discusses important themes like United States versus the workers; progress of unionization; labour and the new deal; indu...Loe edasi...
Katherine Lippel, Barbara Neis, Maxine Visotzky-Charlebois, Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: AU Press, ISBN-13: 9781771994675)
Exposes the hidden risks faced by Canada’s mobile workers and calls for stronger protections and fair access to compensation. Canada’s mobile workforce keeps the economy moving—but at what cost to safety and health? This timely and rev...Loe edasi...
The leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements shares stories from the front lines to help us organize our own workplaces and “better understand the aims and goals for a resurgent trade union movement and how workers all over the country ca...Loe edasi...
After decades of agitating from the inside, Joe Uehlein concluded that there had to be a movement that could act beyond the constraints of conventional labor rights and environmentalism.Joe held two top positions at the AFL-CIO: secr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Rutgers University Press, ISBN-13: 9781978844094)
The New York City subway system stretches over 800 miles and carries millions of riders every day. While many have written about this legendary public transit system, a century of published books says little about the subway as a workplace. Older bo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: AU Press, ISBN-13: 9781771994613)
A practical guide to understanding workplace health and safety, addressing modern challenges and promoting safer, more equitable workplaces. Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the...Loe edasi...
Jason Foster, Patrice Jalette, Wassila Merkouche, Yao Yao
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, ISBN-13: 9782766308682)
Adoptant un format original axé sur le dialogue et la conversation, cet ouvrage collectif se situe dans la tradition des travaux en relations industrielles un champ disciplinaire étudiant les problèmes variés associés au travail et à lemploi. Il j...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807185834)
In Shoe Workers in Hannibal, Missouri, Gregg Andrews examines the history of factory laborers in a celebrated Mississippi River town. In the late 1890s, shoe manufacturing transformed Mark Twains boyhood home from a steamboat village to a factory t...Loe edasi...
A systematic study of how the Australian Labor Party, Communist Party and union movement understood key aspects of Australian capitalism and its place in the world from the 1920s to the 1950s, and the social context of their development....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN-13: 9781771624534)
In this rich and inspiring memoir, Judy Darcy recounts the remarkable turns that brought her from library worker to president of Canada’s largest labour union, and from there to groundbreaking legislator focused on many of our most pressing iss...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049651)
Founded in 1919, the Federated Press (FP) collected, compiled, and distributed news to Americas labor and radical newspapers. Victoria M. Grieve focuses on the lives and work of four correspondents and staffers Jessie Lloyd, Julia Ruuttila, Virgini...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089305)
Founded in 1919, the Federated Press (FP) collected, compiled, and distributed news to Americas labor and radical newspapers. Victoria M. Grieve focuses on the lives and work of four correspondents and staffers Jessie Lloyd, Julia Ruuttila, Virgini...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9798855806489)
A comprehensive exploration of how labor unions, broadly conceived, shape party loyalties in the American mass public. How and why do labor unions matter for American mass party loyalties, specifically party identification and vote choice...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1961and based on primary sources, this book examines inter-union disputes and trade union history. It reveals the human reactions involved in one of the most intractable spheres of industrial relations. The author made a nu...Loe edasi...
