Topic: Labor


$11.95 Add to Cart	Workfare Workers Organize: Workfairness and the Struggle for Jobs, Justice & Equality By Larry Holmes and Shelley Ettinger This informative book describes the efforts of people on Public Assistance who were suddenly forced to take workfare assignments in order to receive any benefits. MORE INFO
$4.95 Add to Cart	Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx Intimidated by Marx's Capital? Maybe start with these. Since their first appearance as separate brochures Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit have served as popular introductions to the study of political economy, each complementing the other. MORE INFO
$18.00 Add to Cart	Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy By Grace Chang Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity—in particular women of color of childbearing age—is that of a drain on society. Grace Chang’s vital account of immigrant women’s experiences proves just the opposite... MORE INFO
$19.95 Add to Cart	Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California By Carey McWilliams Published the same year as The Grapes of Wrath, Factories in the Field provided an examination of the lives of migrant farm workers and an indictment of the politics and consequences of agribusiness. A new forward by Douglas C. Sackman reflects on the value of the book and its influence in the years since its publication in 1939. MORE INFO
$13.95 Add to Cart	The Bonus Army: An American Epic by Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen Smoke could be seen rising from the ruins of the Bonus Army's Anacostia camp on the morning after troops—using tear gas, bayonets, and torches—drove out the veterans and their families. "And this," said a veteran's wife, "because they cry for food....Because they beg for work." MORE INFO
$17.95 Add to Cart	A People's History of Science Miners Midwives and Low Mechaniks By Clifford D. Conner "A delightfully refreshing new look at the history of science."—Howard Zinn MORE INFO
$15.95 Add to Cart	¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A. Every night, Carlitos sleeps while his mother goes to work as a janitor in a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. When she comes home in the morning, she sends Carlitos off to school before she goes to bed herself. One night his mamá explains that she is not making enough money to support him and his abuelita. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike to demand better wages. Carlitos wants to help, but he doesn't know how until... MORE INFO
$29.95 Add to Cart	DVD: The Take A documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein A breathtaking film that documents working-class resistance in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse 30 unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory in Buenos Aires, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave! MORE INFO
$9.75 Add to Cart	May Day: A Short History 1886 - 1996 This is the story of May Day, a holiday born in the U.S. a hundred years ago and since 1890 celebrated by working people the world over. In this short history, Philip Foner clarifies the dramatic origins of labor's May Day and recounts many highlights of May Day celebrations through the years. A history that continues to be written, in light of the millions strong immigrant rights marches on the first of May, 2006. MORE INFO