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A Troublemaker's Handbook 2: How To Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! [4]
Edited by Jane Slaughter
A completely new update to the first edition, this unique resource of organizing and leadership lessons, tactics, and strategies is a collaboration of over 70 authors and hundreds of activists. No matter how seasoned an activist you are, this book will show you new ways to fight back where you work and win!
Labor Notes, 372 pages, $24 | Add to cart [5]
Democracy Is Power: Rebuilding Unions from the Bottom Up [6]
By Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle
The missing element in much of today‘s debates about rebuilding labor is internal democracy. Democracy Is Power shows what member control really looks like, and why it is crucial to labor's future.
Labor Notes, 250 pages, $17 | Add to cart [7]
A Troublemaker's Handbook: How To Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! [8]
By Dan La Botz
The original manual for workplace organizing -- from filing a group grievance to running a corporate campaign. Inside strategies, running for election, community alliances, contract campaigns, and more. First-person accounts by the organizers themselves.
Labor Notes, 258 pages, Out of Print |
U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform From Above, The Promise of Revival From Below [9]
By Kim Moody
Labor Notes co-founder Kim Moody's U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition examines the failure of reform from above and takes a new look at what it'll take to revitalize the labor movement from below. Moody's first chapter, "A message about the future" analyzes four recent labor struggles that could help to rebuild the U.S. labor movement.
Verso, 289 pages, $25 | Add to cart [10]
Ramparts of Resistance [11]
By Sheila Cohen
Labor Notes supporter Cohen examines the last three decades of worker resistance in the U.S. and Great Britain. Looking at rank-and-file labor struggles, Cohen explores issues of union democracy and the political meaning of ordinary workplace resistance--and puts forward ideas for change.
Pluto, 240 pages, $25 | Add to cart [12]
Poor Workers' Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below [13]
By Vanessa Tait
Domestic workers. Undocumented immigrants. Workfare laborers. Long regarded by traditional trade unions as "unorganizable," these and millions of other poor workers are becoming the new face of labor. An essential primer to the "other labor movement," Poor Worker's Unions presents the community/labor partnerships, workers' centers, and independent caucuses that are revitalizing labor for the twenty-first century.
South End Press, 272 pages, $20 | Add to cart [14]
Working Smart: A Union Guide to Participation Programs and Reengineering [15]
By Mike Parker and Jane Slaughter
Seventeen case studies supplemented by the authors' years of experience. Includes Strategy Guide (listed below).
Labor Notes, 315 pages, $15 | Add to cart [16]
Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Handbook for Union and Workplace Activists [17]
By Camille Colatosti and Elissa Karg
Organizing as well as legal approaches to fighting back. Real-life examples and tips, like how to deal with unsympathetic union officials
Labor Notes, 115 pages, $9 | Add to cart [18]
Time Out! The Case for a Shorter Work Week [19]
By Kim Moody and Simone Sagovac
The growth of overtime, part-time, and contingent work -- and what we can do about it.
Labor Notes, 64 pages, $5 | Add to cart [20]
Unions and Free Trade: Solidarity vs. Protectionism [21]
By Mary McGinn and Kim Moody
The effects of free trade on workers in North America, and why solidarity, not competition, is the only long-term strategy for unions
Labor Notes, 84 pages, $7 | Add to cart [22]
A [23] Union Strategy Guide for Participation Programs [24]
By Mike Parker and Jane Slaughter
Basic steps to develop your unions' own strategy. Supplement to Working Smart.
Labor Notes, 28 pages, $3 | Add to cart [25]
The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements [26]
By Dan Clawson
The US labor movement may be on the verge of massive growth. Clawson argues that unions don’t grow slowly and incrementally, but rather in bursts. For there to be a new upsurge, he asserts, labor must fuse with social movements concerned with race, gender, and global justice.
Labor Notes, 235 pages, $17 | Add to cart [27]
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards [28]
By Robert Schwartz
One of the books most ordered for union educational programs is now available at Labor Notes! Labor lawyer Schwartz leads readers through their legal rights in a union. Not just for stewards, Legal Rights for Union Stewards puts the power of understanding sometimes tricky labor law in the hands of union members and local leaders.
Work Rights Press, 160 pages, $15 | Add to cart [29]
Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns: A Legal Guide for Unions [30]
By Robert Schwartz
Don't let your boss be the only one that's informed on your rights as a union member to organize a strike, picket, or action. Stikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns walks union members and leaders through their rights to speak out--a powerful tool for any union mobilizing their ranks. An easy to read resource, this book will strengthen your union's next contract campaign, work grievance action, or picket.
Work Rights Press, 164 pages, $20 | Add to cart [31]
Blueprint For Change: A National Assessment of Winning Union Organizing Strategies [32]
By Kate Bronfenbrenner and Robert Hickey
Despite a climate increasingly hostile to Labor, some unions have experienced organizing success. Blueprint For Change looks at a series of successful campaigns and examines what makes these organizing efforts fundamentally different from unsuccessful ones.
Cornell University Institute for Industrial Relations , 45 pages, $10 | Add to cart [33]
Power on the Job: The Legal Rights of Working People [34]
By Michael Yates
The legal rights of working people set in real-world context. Particular attention to the rights of women and people of color, and organizing to enforce rights.
South End Press, 289 pages, $16 | Add to cart [35]
The Transformation of U.S. Unions: Voices, Visions, and Strategies from the Grassroots [36]
Edited by Ray Tillman and Michael Cummings
What's wrong with U.S. unions and what can make it right? These questions are addressed in 19 essays about the grassroots union movement and union democracy.
Lynne Rienner, 297 pages, $22.50 | Add to cart [37]
Void Where Prohibited Revisited: The Trickle-Down Effect of OSHA'S At-Will Bathroom Regulation [38]
By Marc Linder
Linder analyzes all the citations that OSHA has issued to employers for violating their obligation to let workers go to the bathroom and interviews OSHA officials, labor union officers, workers, and employers.
Labor Notes, 382 pages, $9 | Add to cart [39]
Also available together with the original Void Where Prohibited for $15 | Add package to cart [40]
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Red Troublemakers Union T-Shirts
Red with cream logo on the front. 100% cotton. Union made in USA. $15.
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Children's Navy Troublemakers Union T-Shirts
Navy blue with cream logo on the front. 100% cotton. Union made in USA. $12.
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Navy Zippered Troublemakers Union Hoodies
Navy blue with cream logo on the front pocket.. 50/50 cotton/polyester blend. Union made in USA. $35.
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Troublemakers Stickers
Show off your troublemaking spirit! 3" stickers. Union made in USA. $1 each.
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