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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A class by herself A class by herself Nancy Woloch "A Class by Herself explores the historical role and influence of protective legislation for American women workers, both as a step toward modern labor standards and as a barrier to equal rights. Spa… OL17715060W
The death and life of American labor The death and life of American labor Stanley Aronowitz "Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Longtime scholar of the American union movement Stanley Aronowitz argues that the labor … OL19990282W
Chasing the harvest Chasing the harvest Gabriel Thompson "'The Grapes of Wrath' brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the … OL20054751W
Handbook of U.S. labor statistics 2017 Handbook of U.S. labor statistics 2017 Mary Meghan Ryan The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor S… OL20662914W