Trade unions books

""The strength of this book ...encompasses a broad view of history from the bottom up and deals not only with biographical...  Read More >>

Colin Winston traces the Libres' emergence following the collapse of Catholic syndicalism in Catalonia and shows...  Read More >>

In 1900 the manufacture of rubber products in the United States was concentrated in several hundred small plants...  Read More >>

The Japan Teachers' Union, which represents 500,000 elementary and lower secondary school teachers, is an important...  Read More >>

Why has labor played a more limited role in national politics in the United States than it has in other advanced...  Read More >>

From Chinese factories making cheap toys for export, to sweatshops in Bangladesh where name-brand garments are sewn-studies...  Read More >>

From Chinese factories making cheap toys for export, to sweatshops in Bangladesh where name-brand garments are sewn-studies...  Read More >>

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First published in 1982, Unions, Change and Crisis represents the first detailed, comparative, historical and theoretically...  Read More >>

First published in 1986, this book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their...  Read More >>

Sex Worker Unionisation examines the challenges and opportunities offered by unionisation for Sex Workers.  Read More >>

The volumes in this set report and analyse European trade union responses to the 1970s economic crisis across a...  Read More >>

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The first published history of the troubled relationship between the British working class and the movement for...  Read More >>

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With increasing regularity, we come across news headlines about the crisis within Cosatu. Analysts and commentators...  Read More >>

The campaign to unionize Bell Canada's huge workforce of operators, most of them overworked and underpaid women,...  Read More >>

Examining the professional lives of a variety of businessmen and their advocates with the intent of taking their...  Read More >>

An authoritative and engaging political biography of one of the most important, yet largely unknown, leaders of...  Read More >>

This global volume explores migration, precarious employment, transformation of paid work and the political actions...  Read More >>

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With 18 million members and with power and influence that penetrate industry, the financial centers, community life,...  Read More >>

The legend of Joe Hill, brought to life through his letters, songs, and writings.  Read More >>

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