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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
King Coal King Coal Upton Sinclair **King Coal** is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single … OL115067W
Immigrant girl, radical woman Immigrant girl, radical woman Matilda Rabinowitz Matilda Rabinowitz's illustrated memoir challenges assumptions about the lives of early twentieth-century women. She describes the ways in which she and her contemporaries rejected the intellectual a… OL19723691W
Against labor Against labor Rosemary Feurer,Chad Pearson Against labor highlights the amazingly successful efforts by employers to control workers while simultaneously shaping themselves into a new class. Ranging across a spectrum of understudied issues, e… OL19751572W
The future of union organising The future of union organising Gregor Gall While 'union organising' has developed over time and in many different environments, it has become apparent that a number of key problems have developed. Evaluating its efficacy in terms of union str… OL19851986W
The Third Time The Third Time Rebecca Flanders Nothing could prevent Dani Miller from organizing a union at the Intercomp plant in Somerset, Indiana--though Vice President Mick Cavenaugh tried his level best to stop her. To keep Dani away from t… OL4412225W
Mother Jones Mother Jones Connie Colwell Miller In graphic novel format, tells the story of Mary “Mother” Jones, a leading labor union and child labor activist in the late 1800s and early 1900s. OL5712713W
Union Organizing Union Organizing Gregor Gall After many years of indifferent decline, trade union membership is now being revitalised. Strategies known as union organizing are being used to recruit and re-energize unions around the globe. This … OL8100601W