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1	Germinal more books like this by Emile Zola add to wishlist Zola's depiction of the life of the laboring classes, and the struggle between capital and the workers in the mines of northern France, is an epic of naturalism that also possesses the richness and exactitude of a sociological document. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In Dubious Battle more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist Steinbeck's powerful work of social criticism, published in 1936, involves a group of apple-picking migrant workers in California. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bread and Roses, Too more books like this by Katherine Paterson add to wishlist A two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner pens a tale of the 1912 mill workers' strike, told through the point of view of the children living through the historical events. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream more books like this by Bruce Watson add to wishlist A key episode in American labor history, the 1912 strike by textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts was violent and bloody, and many immigrant workers died. Yet it is seen as a victory for labor, as eventually the owners capitulated to the workers' demands for improved salaries and working conditions. Historian Bruce Watson explains the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.94! \| first editions
5	Reflections on Violence more books like this by Georges Sorel add to wishlist Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could grasp why a retired civil servant had written such a book then the modern age could be understood. It heralded the political turmoil of the decades that were to follow its publication and provided ... see all copies from $3.42! new only from $8.09! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sorel: Reflections on Violence more books like this by Georges Sorel, Raymond Geuss (Editor), Quentin Skinner (Editor) add to wishlist Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could grasp why a retired civil servant had written such a book then the modern age could be understood. It heralded the political turmoil of the decades that were to follow its publication and provided ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $28.65! \| SVS
7	Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines more books like this by Aaron Bernstein add to wishlist In 1986, the president of Eastern Airlines and former astronaut, Frank Borman, set his airline on a collision course with Frank Lorenzo. Desperate to revive his failing talks with Eastern's unions, Borman began negotiating a sale with the man they feared most. Frank Lorenzo had built Texas Air and Continental into an empire through anti-union ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 more books like this by Joan Dash add to wishlist With careful research, extensive quotations, archival photos, and descriptions of immigrant life, the book reveals a detailed portrait of the lives of working-class young women in the early 1900s. It details The Shirtwaist Factory Strike and how women came together to battle injustice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Labor Wars: From the Molly Maguires to the Sitdowns more books like this by Sidney Lens add to wishlist The rise of the American labor movement was characterized by bloody and revolutionary battles. From the first famous martyrs, the Molly Maguires in the Pennsylvania coal fields in the nineteenth century, to the crucial workers' victory of the 1930s in the sit-down strikes against General Motors, it has a history of pitched battles that frequently ... see all copies from $2.86! new only from $10.78! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dying for Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders more books like this by Lee Selleck, Francis Thompson add to wishlist On September 18, 1992, nine men died in the labyrinthine drifts of Yellowknife's Giant gold mine, after four months of a painful labor dispute. Six of the dead were Giant employees; three were "replacement workers". All were husbands, fathers, sons, lovers, friends, firefighters, draegermen. Their deaths brought squadrons of police, investigators ... see all copies from $12.49! first editions
11 view cover	Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America more books like this by Louis Adamic add to wishlist "Dynamite harkens back to an era of American capitalism a little less glossy, a little bloodier, and with striking parallels to today."--Feminist Review Labor disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialized country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	When Health Care Employees Strike: A Guide for Planning and Action more books like this by Kenneth F Kruger, Norman Metzger add to wishlist This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of When Health Care Employees Strike is an essential survival guide for health care administrators who must plan for and cope with the inevitable labor dispute. Written by Kenneth Kruger and Norman Metzger- two experts in the field of health care labor relations- this much-needed resource includes ... see all copies from $5.73! new only from $18.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	Scapegoat more books like this by Mary Lee Settle add to wishlist The fourth novel in Settle's "Beulah Quintet," this is the story of a West Virginia coal miners' strike that occurred in 1912; its characters include the historical figure Mother Jones, the United Mine Workers organizer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Packinghouse Daughter more books like this by Cheri Register, Anton Myrer add to wishlist An unapologetic examination of blue-collar values that merges personal memoir and public history to tell a story about family loyalty, small-town life, and working-class values in the face of a violent 1959 labor strike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D., Dana Frank, Robin D G Kelley add to wishlist Three historians recount three important strikes in American history. Howard Zinn writes of the 1913 Coal Miners's strike in Colorado and the Ludlow massacre; Dana Frank recounts the 1937 Woolworth's strike in Detroit; Robin Kelly examines the 1936 dispute between the American Federation of Musicians and theatre owners. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The Third Suspect: The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Yellowknife's Mass Murderer more books like this by David Staples, Greg Owens, Grey Owens add to wishlist Giant Mine, Yellowknife, September 18, 1992. Months into a bitter labor dispute, a volatile situation is worsening. Some on the picket line are starting to call for blood. Already the mine has been vandalized with small bombings. At 8:30 a.m. this day, nine strike breakers cross the picket line and board a man-car going into the mine. Minutes ... see all copies from $13.00!
17 view cover	Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War more books like this by Thomas G Andrews add to wishlist On a spring morning in 1914, in the stark foothills of southern Colorado, members of the United Mine Workers of America clashed with guards employed by the Rockefeller family, and a state militia beholden to Colorado's industrial barons. When the dust settled, nineteen men, women, and children among the miners' families lay dead. The strikers had ... see all copies from $21.22! new only from $21.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Bobbin Girl more books like this by Emily Arnold McCully add to wishlist Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the workers' wages. Rebecca's friend Judith wants to protest the pay cut--but troublemakers at the mill are dismissed. Does Rebecca have the courage to join ... see all copies from $3.52! new only from $5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Triangle Strike and Fire: American Stories Series, Volume I more books like this by John F McClymer add to wishlist The Triangle Strike and Fire is the first volume in a series of brief books entitled American Stories. The volumes in this distinctive series focus on dramatic stories and include a broad range of primary materials, engaging readers imaginations. The stories chosen represent intersections of several important historical developments. For example, ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $59.12!
20 view cover	The Unfinished Struggle: Turning Points in American Labor, 1877-Present more books like this by Steve Babson add to wishlist The Unfinished Struggle is one of the most concise, comprehensive, and accessible histories of the modern American labor movement ever written. Labor scholar and activist Steve Babson's dramatic narrative examines the numerous attempts to organize workers from the Great Uprising of 1877 to the _sitdown_ strikes of the 1930s to the present day. ... see all copies from $14.09! new only from $27.32! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	CLIC, Clac, Muu: Vacas Escritoras more books like this by Doreen Cronin add to wishlist see all copies from $2.13! new only from $6.52! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis more books like this by Professor Jerald E Podair add to wishlist On 9th May 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City. It informed him that he had been fired from his job. Eighteen other educators in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn received similar letters that day. The dismissed educators were white. The local school board that ... see all copies from $27.21! new only from $27.21! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Germinal: 4 more books like this by Emile Zola, Leonard W Tancock (Adapted by) add to wishlist Zola's depiction of the life of the laboring classes, and the struggle between capital and the workers in the mines of northern France, is an epic of naturalism that also possesses the richness and exactitude of a sociological document. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions
24	The Strike-Threat System: The Economic Consequences of Collective Bargaining more books like this by W H Hutt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America more books like this by Jonathan D Rosenblum add to wishlist This revised and updated edition of COPPER CRUCIBLE, the 1994 expose of corporation versus union at Local 890 in Silver City, New Mexico includes the resurgence of union activisim during 1996-97. "Rosenblum . . . Is as deft at sketching brief portraits of key executives, union officials, and rank-and-file strikers as he is at untangling the legal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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