Labour Industrial Relations category: 668 books
Malled
My Unintentional Career in Retail
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
One woman's midcareer misadventures in the absurd world of American retail.
After losing her job as a journalist and the security of a good salary, Caitlin Kelly was hard up for cash. When she saw that The North Face-an upscale outdoor clothing company-was hiring at her local mall, she went...
May Day
A Graphic History of Protest
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
May Day: A Graphic History of Protest traces the development of International Workers’ Day, May 1st, against the ever-changing economic and political backdrop in Canada. Recognizing the importance of work and the historical struggles of workers to improve their lives, with a particular focus on...
An Organizer's Tale
Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
The first major collection of writings by civil rights leader Cesar Chavez
One of the most important civil rights leaders in American history, Cesar Chavez was a firm believer in the principles of nonviolence, and he effectively employed peaceful tactics to further his cause. Through his efforts,...
Bosnia Express
Politica, religione, nazionalismo, mafia e povertà in quel che resta della Porta d’Oriente
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Un dopoguerra interminabile, quello della Bosnia Erzegovina. Oggi, oltre tre lustri dopo, il Paese è in mano a politici corrotti, alle mafie che ripuliscono il denaro sporco nel settore immobiliare e nelle banche sempre più numerose, a gruppi stranieri che giorno dopo giorno esigono il pagamento...
by Jeff Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!ABOUT THE BOOKA Framework for Understanding Poverty provides important insight into the nations ongoing difficulty educating poor children. Students from impoverished backgrounds at all levels of Americas education system achieve success at lower rates...
Household Workers Unite
The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Telling the stories of African American domestic workers, this book resurrects a little-known history of domestic worker activism in the 1960s and 1970s, offering new perspectives on race, labor, feminism, and organizing.
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In this groundbreaking history of African American domestic-worker organizing,...
Standing Up to Goliath
Battling State and National Teachers' Unions for the Heart and Soul of Our Kids and Country
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
In a book that’s both accessible and enlightening, Rebecca Friedrichs recounts her thirty-year odyssey as an elementary school teacher who comes face-to-face with the forces dividing and corrupting our schools and culture—state and national teachers’ unions. An exciting true story that features...
Once Upon a Car
The Fall and Resurrection of America's Big Three Automakers--GM, Ford, and Chrysler
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Once Upon a Car is the fascinating epic story of the rise, fall, and rebirth of the Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Written by Bill Vlasic, the Detroit bureau chief for the New York Times and acclaimed author of Taken for a Ride, this eye-opening, richly anecdotal work...
Hired
Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
A compelling and ground-breaking piece of narrative journalism that gets right to the heart of divided Britain and its dysfunctional jobs climate.We all define ourselves by our profession - at least to some extent. But what if our job was demeaning, poorly paid, and tedious? Cracking open Britain's...
Fast Boat to China
Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about...
Death in the Haymarket
A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would...
The War on Normal People
The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
From 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asian kid from upstate" became a successful entrepreneur, only to find a new mission: calling attention to the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy...
Under the Bus
How Working Women Are Being Run Over
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
“Did you think you knew the facts about women and work? Think again . . . a terrific book . . . utterly gripping.” —Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor
For women in professional and corporate jobs, much of the discrimination and inequity faced in the past has been confronted—and...
by Jeremy Brecher
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! to bring American labor history to a wide audience. Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America and tells this exciting hidden...