Trade unions books

A foundational figure in modern labor history, David Montgomery both redefined and reoriented the field. This collection...  Read More >>

An exciting yet relatively unknown episode in American labor history took place in New York City between 1965 and...  Read More >>

Explores the day-to-day labor, economic, political, and social climate at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution...  Read More >>

An exciting yet relatively unknown episode in American labor history took place in New York City between 1965 and...  Read More >>

This book explores key issues affecting the post-NAFTA development and trajectory of North America's most important...  Read More >>

This book examines how collective bargaining disputes are resolved among police and essential service employees....  Read More >>

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In 2003, Leon Fink published his oral history of Guatemalan and Mexican migrants in Morganton, North Carolina, and...  Read More >>

Drawing on data from France, Germany, and China, this book explores how the interaction between time and autonomy...  Read More >>

A foundational figure in modern labor history, David Montgomery both redefined and reoriented the field. This collection...  Read More >>

Autoworkers in Oshawa unionized the General Motors plant in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them...  Read More >>

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How the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad  Read More >>

The 1921 founding congress of the Red International of Labour Unions brought together diverse forces, seeking to...  Read More >>

First Published in 1943, American Labour presents a comprehensive story of the American trade union movement. With...  Read More >>

Call center employees once blended skill and emotional intelligence to solve customer problems while the workplace...  Read More >>

The Metaphysics of Cooperation presents the intellectual achievements of the Polish associative socialist and pioneer...  Read More >>

Raising the Red Flag is a stirring exploration of the origins of the British Marxist movement, from the creation...  Read More >>

Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from...  Read More >>

This book is the first volume on the artistic representation of industrial disputes in European art (from 1870 to...  Read More >>

This book offers an account of the history and economics of trade unionism which, though unsentimental and often...  Read More >>

This book aims to understand the politics and industrial relations of the post-war period in Britain (in which trade...  Read More >>

An eye-opening account of the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, showing how the strike-and the violent backlash...  Read More >>

The protagonist of The Bottom Worker in East Asia: Composition and Transformation under Neoliberal Globalization...  Read More >>

An eye-opening account of the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, showing how the strike-and the violent backlash...  Read More >>