Steve Early: 3 books
Refinery Town
Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The People vs. Big Oil—how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community
Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town, dominated by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class...
by Steve Early
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they’re trying to democratize their union, win a strike, defend past contract gains, or bargain with...
The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor
Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
The bureau of labor statistics reports that in 2008 there were 16.1 million union members in the United States; 2.2 million are represented by the Service Employees' Industrial Union (SEIU)
Written by a long time labor leader with first hand insights into the topic
The economic crisis...