Brass Valley

By Jeremy Brecher, Jerry Lombardi, Jan Stackhouse

Subjects: Employment, Interviews, Biography, Connecticut, Women, Connecticut, biography, American Brass Company, Women in the labor movement, Immigrants, Ethnology, united states, Religious life, Brass industry and trade, Naugatuck River Valley, Political activity, Trade-unions, Economic conditions, Labor unions, Connecticut, social conditions, Employees, Social conditions, Ethnology, History, Connecticut, economic conditions, Labor unions, united states, Labor movement

Description: For too many years American workers have been cut off from their own roots. When children go to school, they learn little about the people who work in factories and offices, their movements and their efforts for a better life. What is hidden from them is their own legacy, the heritage of culture and struggle handed on from other generations of working people. This book represents a new approach to history. It attempts to pass on that history from one group of workers to other workers, especially as workers and unions are at a crossroads, facing deteriorating conditions and even the permanent loss of jobs. But workers have faced these problems before, and surmounted them. This book can help all understand that our collective history helps us to face the challenges of the present and ones yet unknown of tomorrow. -- Publisher description.