Bill Fletcher: 3 books
"They're Bankrupting Us!"
And 20 Other Myths about Unions
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
From Wisconsin to Washington, DC, the claims are made: unions are responsible for budget deficits, and their members are overpaid and enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy, pundits claim, is to weaken the labor movement, strip workers of collective bargaining rights, and...
Solidarity Divided
The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global battlefield filled with landmines and littered with the bodies of various social movements and struggles. Candid, incisive, and accessible, Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for a bold new...
by George Fletcher, Bill Peschel
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The Bad Boy of Rugeley
In 1856, Dr. William Palmer made history when he was hanged for poisoning his best friend. It was not only the first trial involving strychnine, but the first that was moved because of the extensive publicity it received in the new penny newspapers that were exploding...