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23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

A concise blast of eye-opening economic truth-telling; essential reading to understand where free market thinking falls short and how we got to the mess we’re in today. 288 pages paperback

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Contract Costing for Union Negotiators (with CD)

This incredibly helpful new manual for union negotiators explains both the fundamentals and the details of costing a collective agreement to prepare for and conduct your contract negotiations. It describes the principal ways that contract costs are calculated and expressed by negotiators, and guides you through the process of accurately calculating average wages for your bargaining unit – for contracts with step progression and those without. Chapters in the manual explain how to analyze and calculate the value of contractual benefits: overtime pay, shift differentials and other hourly premium payments; holidays, vacations, personal days and leave time; health, dental, disability and life insurance plans; pensions and savings programs; and other kinds of benefits found in many union agreements. 106 pages paperback with accompanying CD

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Power in Coalition: Strategies for Strong Unions and Social Change

The labor movement sees coalitions as a key tool for union revitalization and social change, but there is little analysis of what makes them successful or the factors that make them fail. Amanda Tattersall—an organizer and labor scholar—addresses this gap in the first internationally comparative study of coalitions between unions and community organizations. 209 pages paperback

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The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old?

Between 2008 and 2010, the progressive wing of the U.S. labor movement tore itself apart in a series of union-on-union struggles. More than 140 million dollars was expended, by all sides, on organizing conflicts that tarnished union reputations and undermined the campaign for real health care and labor law reform. Campus and community allies, along with many rank-and-file union members, were left angered and dismayed. It was ugly and destructive. 440 pages paperback

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Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations, 4th edition

This is a well executed and readable text used extensively in undergraduate and graduate-level programs that will be helpful to even the most experienced union leaders while providing interested activists with a serious and broad-based understanding of collective bargaining and labor-management relations. It would be difficult to find a more thorough examination and explanation of the complex subject matter that is the labor-management dance. 542 pages paperback

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Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector

The bland title of this book gives little hint of how valuable and interesting it can be to union leaders and activists in eight key industries. The writers and editors have put together a fascinating, in-depth look not just at bargaining, as the title would suggest, but the total state of labor, its leadership, and the unions’ problems and potential in the industries that are examined here: Airlines, auto, health care, hotels and casinos, newspapers, telecommunications, trucking and professional sports. 380 pages paperback

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Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin: Diary of a Chinese Garment Factory Girl on Saipan

We’ve all read newspaper and magazine reports about how miserable life is for garment workers in Third World sweatshops. But we’ve read very little in the workers’ own words, and that’s what this fascinating book offers. In Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin, 25-year-old Chun Yu Wang tells of her life as a Chinese emigrant to Saipan, searching for a better life 2,000 miles from her home. 180 pages paperback

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Bigger Labor: A Crash Course for Construction Union Organizers

This helpful 2008 book is a comprehensive guide to construction organizing best practices. It covers everything from what to do on a picket line to tips on visiting job sites, from effective handbilling to dealing with police, from building a banner to salting. It offers building trades organizers extensive communication tips for every situation, from following up with potential recruits to effectively getting your point across at public hearings. 132 pages paperback

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Contract Bargaining Handbook for Local Union Leaders

This nuts-and-bolts handbook gives union negotiators specific instructions on bargaining for pay, fringes and other terms and conditions of employment. Summaries and checklists guide you through the process as you learn to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the employer, find your best strike and no-strike alternatives, avoid impasse, use third-party mediation and more. 308 pages paperback

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Our Community of Workers Coloring Book

Not all childrens’ coloring books have to be about rabbits and raccoons. This one is about moms and dads at work -- in offices, on construction sites, in factories and warehouses and the Post Office and the hospital and on and on. 32 pages paperback
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

A delightful children’s book (ages 3 to 7) with a union message! It seems that Farmer Brown has a problem. All day long he hears click, clack, moo... click, clack, moo, coming from the cow barn. What’s all this about? He gets the answer when the cows send a note to the farmhouse. They’re cold, they say. No milk, they say, until they get electric blankets. 32 pages hard cover

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Coping with Difficult People

Bosses, supervisors, co-workers, friends, family members... difficult people can make your life hell, but you can do something about it. Based on fourteen years of research and observation, Coping with Difficult People offers proven, effective techniques guaranteed to help you right the balance in bad relationships and take charge of your life. 226 pages paperback

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It’s Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! RSI Theory and Therapy

Millions of workers use computers on the job today, and millions more perform repetitive tasks that don’t involve a computer keyboard. When these workers’ hands start hurting, the authors say, the diagnosis frequently is carpal tunnel syndrome, and the recommended cure is surgery. That diagnosis can be wrong more often than right, the authors say: the problem most likely is a repetitive strain injury, and the problem can be treated without surgery. 232 pages paperback

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