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Reviving the Strike: How Working People can Regain Power and Transform America

If the American labor movement is to rise again, the author says, it will not be as a result of electing Democrats, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing. Rather, workers will need to rediscover the power of the strike. Not the ineffectual strike of today, where employees meekly sit on picket lines waiting for scabs to take their jobs, but the type of strike capable of grinding industries to a halt—the kind employed up until the 1960s. 206 pages paperback

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Understanding the Railway Labor Act

The title of this book says it all. Wilner is the ultimate authority on labor-management relations in the railroad industry. His latest book is incredibly helpful to those seeking to learn more about rail labor history, the mechanics of rail labor law, and how railroads and their multiple unions bargain collectively under the RLA's provisions. It is hugely helpful as well to those familiar with the RLA but seeking a reference work providing greater detail on the law's provisions and how they impact negotiations at the national and local levels. 264 pages paperback

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Robert’s Rules of Order in Brief, 2nd edition

This is a newly-updated handbook containing everything you need to know about chairing – and participating in – a meeting. It is published in cooperation with the people behind the official Robert’s Rules, so it’s the real thing. Handy tables offer quick help during a meeting—you can quickly scan a page and understand how to make your next move. It covers everything you need, even a complete description of your rights and responsibilities as a convention delegate and a comprehensive chapter on frequently asked questions. 197 pages paperback

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Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology

Originally published in 1964 and long out of print, Rebel Voices remains by far the biggest and best source on IWW history, fiction, songs, art, and lore. This new edition includes 40 pages of additional material from the 1998 Charles H. Kerr edition by Fred Thompson and Franklin Rosemont, and a new preface by Wobbly organizer Daniel Gross. 464 pages paperback

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Retire Happy: What To Do NOW To Guarantee A Great Retirement

Everyone who works for a living thinks at some point about retirement, but few actually consider what that really means, other than escaping the daily grind. For sure, most of us worry about having enough money, and this highly readable book provides a lot of information and advice on the subject: how much we’ll need, how to make the most of what we’ve accumulated, how to accumulate more (even as we get close to retirement) and how to make it last. For that advice alone, Retire Happy is worth the price. 248 pages paperback

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Real World Labor: Economics, Politics & Social History, 2nd edition

New Edition! With more than 80 articles by leading writers and scholars of the labor movement, this essential anthology addresses recent changes in the nature of work and wages; discrimination by race, gender, and immigration status; militarism and its effects on the working class; union responses to the global financial meltdown; and new forms of rank-and-file organizing and resistance. This expanded second edition (2011) includes two dozen new articles on today’s changing labor movement. 413 pages paperback

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