On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Worker Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health

Author:   Celeste Monforton ,  Jane M Von Bergen ,  Suzie Althens
Publisher:   Kalorama
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9781665188081


Publication Date:   04 May 2021
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Worker Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health


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For over 60 million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers, but all the while a different and little-known story of rebirth and struggle has percolated just below the surface. On the Job is the first account of a new kind of labor movement, one that is happening locally, quietly, and among our country's most vulnerable--but essential--workers. Noted public health expert Celeste Monforton and award-winning journalist Jane M. Von Bergen crisscrossed the country, speaking with workers of all backgrounds and uncovering the stories of hundreds of new, worker-led organizations (often simply called worker centers) that have successfully achieved higher wages, safer working conditions, and on-the-job dignity for their members. On the Job describes ordinary people finding their voice and challenging power: from housekeepers in Chicago and Houston; to poultry workers in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Springdale, Arkansas; and construction workers across the state of Texas. An inspiring book for dark times, On the Job reveals that labor activism is actually alive and growing--and holds the key to a different future for all working people.

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Author:   Celeste Monforton ,  Jane M Von Bergen ,  Suzie Althens
Publisher:   Kalorama
Imprint:   Kalorama
ISBN:  

9781665188081


ISBN 10:   1665188081
Publication Date:   04 May 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Celeste Monforton is director of the Beyond OSHA Project and lecturer at Texas State University. A sought-after national media commentator, she is coauthor (with Jane M. Von Bergen) of On the Job and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Jane M. Von Bergen is an award-winning journalist who covered labor for the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than thirty-five years. She is coauthor (with Celeste Monforton) of On the Job and lives in Philadelphia. SUZIE ALTHENS records from her professional studio in Alaska, near the beautiful Matanuska Glacier. She narrates regularly for major publishers and specializes in audiobooks and e-learning. Suzie is enthusiastic about narrating nonfiction as it provides opportunities to share amazing memoirs, medical discoveries, and inspiration, but she also enjoys mysteries and women's fiction. Suzie narrates children's encyclopedias and donates time to narrate children's fiction for Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization, when she has the opening to woo the reluctant young reader.

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