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Blood and Fire: Toward a Global Anthropology of Labor by Sharryn Kasmir
RRP: £27.95£22.58Based on long-term fieldwork, six vivid ethnographies from Colombia, India, Poland, Spain and the southern and northern U.S. address the dwindling importance of labor throughout the world. The contributors to this volume highlight the growing disconnect... -
Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia by Peter Cole
RRP: £27.99£21.67During the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. For much of its time, Local 8's majority was... -
The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers' Movement by Stanley Aronowitz
£17.26Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Labor activist and scholar of the American labor movement Stanley Aronowitz argues that the movement as we have known it for the last 100 years... -
Labour Under Attack: Anti-Unionism in Canada by Stephanie Ross
RRP: £21.00£17.21This multi-disciplinary edited collection critically examines the causes and effects of anti-unionism in Canada. Primarily through a series of case studies, the book's contributors document and expose the tactics and strategies of employers and... -
A Fight for the Soul of Public Education: The Story of the Chicago Teachers Strike by Steven Ashby
RRP: £38.00£29.45In reaction to the changes imposed on public schools across the country in the name of "education reform," the Chicago Teachers Union redefined its traditional role and waged a multidimensional fight that produced a community-wide school strike and... -
Leading Progress: The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada 1920–2020 by Jason Russell
RRP: £19.95£16.39One hundred years of progress for Canadians. One hundred years of results for Canadian workers. On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional... -
The Government of British Trade Unions: A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers Union by Joseph Goldstein
£111.61Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain’s most important labour organizations – The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century... -
Trade Unions by Kevin Hawkins
£93.60Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions was written at a time when there was a widespread belief that Britain’s trade unions were undemocratic, obstructive and strike-prone. This book argues that throughout their history, British trade unions have... -
Trade Unions and the State by W. Milne-Bailey
£111.61Originally published in 1934, Trade Unions and the State is a study of political institutions. This is a lucid account of the diverse views that have been held about the nature, attributes, functions and prerogatives of the State. The book analyses the... -
Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress by Steve Early
RRP: £60.00£48.42Save Our Unions: Dispatches From A Movement in Distress brings together recent essays and reporting by labor journalist Steve Early. The author illuminates the challenges facing U.S. workers, whether they're trying to democratize their union, win a... -
Precarious Employment: Causes, Consequences and Remedies by Stephanie Procyk
RRP: £22.00£17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552669822Author Stephanie ProcykFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Fernwood PublishingPublisher Fernwood PublishingWeight(grams) 299g -
Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places by Susan Chandler
RRP: £22.99£18.37Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, managers, and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a... -
Austerity and the Labor Movement by Michael Schiavone
RRP: £72.27£63.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438462936Author Michael SchiavoneFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York Press -
Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State by Otto Jacobi
£111.61Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe. The first part of the book deals with general issues, and the succeeding parts look at developments in the UK, Italy and... -
Economic Expansion and Structural Change: A Trade Union Manifesto by T. L. Johnston
£88.60Originally published in 1963, The Landsorganisationen I Sverige (LO – Swedish Confederation of Trades Unions), enjoys an international reputation as a trade union movement with progressive ideas on wage policy and collective bargaining. The authors of... -
Trade Unions and the Law by R. W. Rideout
£93.60Originally published in 1973, this book was designed as a concise and usable guide to those aspects of the law which particularly affect trade union members and officials. It deals with the internal and external affairs of trade unions and the law... -
Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism by Julieta Haidar
£105.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802205121Author Julieta HaidarFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing LtdPublisher Edward Elgar Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 156g -
The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India by Patrick Heller
RRP: £38.00£29.05The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in which lower-class mobilization and state intervention have combined to create one of the most successful cases of social and redistributive development in the Third World. In contrast to... -
Reimagining the Governance of Work and Employment by Dionne Pohler
RRP: £27.99£24.14Are unions still relevant in digitized workplaces? Could basic income be the solution to both poverty and technology-driven job loss? What are the benefits and drawbacks of a guaranteed jobs policy? Are multinational firms better regulators of global... -
Machines Against Measures by Irene Sotiropoulou
RRP: £17.99£15.94Are we doomed because of the new digital technologies used in workspaces? Can we avoid measuring in our work? Or are we trapped in a metrification dystopia? Can we create workspaces that can produce what we prefer in order to use our human effort in ways... -
Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions by Anthony Carew
£93.60Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries. It provides an introduction to... -
Comrades and Brothers: Communism and Trade Unions in Europe by Michael Waller
£93.60Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries. The first part of the book deals with cases of communist... -
Trade Unions and the Law by Horatio Vester
£88.60Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and... -
Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe by Michael Waller
£93.60Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern... -
The Bosses' Union: How Employers Organized to Fight Labor before the New Deal by Vilja Hulden
RRP: £25.99£20.84At the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like a promising avenue to stability. But both employers and many middle-class observers remained wary of... -
Gender and Japanese Management by Kimiko Kimoto
£72.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781876843199Author Kimiko KimotoFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Trans Pacific PressPublisher Trans Pacific Press -
A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor by Nelson Lichtenstein
RRP: £112.00£89.54For more than thirty years Nelson Lichtenstein has deployed his scholarship--on labor, politics, and social thought--to chart the history and prospects of a progressive America. A Contest of Ideas collects and updates many of Lichtenstein's most... -
A Modern Guide To Labour and the Platform Economy by Jan Drahokoupil
RRP: £43.95£39.51Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at... -
Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism by Lorenzo Costaguta
RRP: £23.99£19.19As the United States transformed into an industrial superpower, American socialists faced the vexing question of how to approach race. Lorenzo Costaguta balances intellectual and institutional history to illuminate the clash between two major points of... -
White Collar Workers: Trade Unions and Class by Peter Armstrong
£93.60Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the 'the new working class' or 'new middle class'. This book is an authoritative study of the 'white collar workers' relationship with their unions and analysis of their newly... -
Collective Bargaining by Clive Jenkins
£88.60Originally published in 1977, this book explains the complexity of collective bargaining and discusses the nature of trade unionism and trade unions, emphasising the collectivity aspect. It discusses a union's work at local and national levels, when... -
Clean Air and Good Jobs: U.S. Labor and the Struggle for Climate Justice by Todd E. Vachon
RRP: £36.00£27.36The labor-climate movement in the U.S. laid the groundwork for the Green New Deal by building a base within labor for supporting climate protection as a vehicle for good jobs. But as we confront the climate crisis and seek environmental justice, a "jobs... -
Change in Trade Unions: The Development of UK Unions Since the 1960s by R. Undy
£111.61Originally published in 1981, this book explains the factors which precipitated and effected changes in the major dimensions of union activity in Britain since 1960. The authors use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the... -
History General Federation Trade Unions, 1899-1980 by Alice Prochaska
£83.60When this book was originally published in 1982 the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was an organisation which catered for some 40 unions with an aggregate membership of 490,000. The GFTU in the late 20th Century was a very different... -
Trade Unions and Politics in the 1980s: The 1984 Act and Political Funds by Derek Fatchett
£88.60Originally published in 1987, this book traces the historical and sociological dimensions of the Trade Union movement and analyses the nature of the trade unions’ involvement in the UK Labour Party during the 1970s and 80s. It discusses the review... -
Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas by Thomas Alter
RRP: £23.99£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780252086366Author Thomas AlterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois PressWeight(grams) 156g -
The Transformation of American Industrial Relations by Thomas A. Kochan
RRP: £40.00£30.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875463209Author Thomas A. KochanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ILR PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams) 28g -
Becoming Transnational Youth Workers: Independent Mexican Teenage Migrants and Pathways of Survival and Social Mobility by Isabel Martinez
RRP: £134.00£107.04Becoming Transnational Youth Workers contests mainstream notions of adolescence with its study of a previously under-documented cross-section of Mexican immigrant youth. Preceding the latest wave of Central American children and teenagers now fleeing... -
Children and AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa by Dr. Margaret Lombe
RRP: £135.00£117.28The disproportional loss of individuals to HIV/AIDS in their most productive years raises concerns over the welfare of surviving members of affected families and communities. One consequence of the rapid increase in adult mortality is the rise in the... -
Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American Sectionalism by Betsy Wood
RRP: £23.99£13.81Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South. For decades after emancipation, the child labor issue shaped how Northerners and Southerners defined fundamental concepts of...