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Workplace Jokes: Only SOME of Them Will Get You Fired!
Collected and Edited by David Prosten
Did you hear the one about the supervisor and the new employee who bump into each other in a bar? Maybe, but maybe not. In either case, you can find it and a couple hundred other great workplace jokes in this new collection, the only one of its kind. 75 pages E-book in e-Pub format only (suitable for iBooks, Nook, or other ePub readers) Kindle coming soon! Published by UCS, Inc.
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A Bitter Pill: A Lenny Moss Mystery
By Timothy SheardUnion steward Lenny Moss and his friends at James Madison Hospital are in the fight of their lives. The new hospital president, Robert “Third Reich” Reichart, has turned the hospital into a for-profit facility and launched a campaign to decertify the union. If successful, the decertification drive will destroy the union and compromise patient care. Staffing levels will be slashed, and half the departments will be outsourced to private companies. 252 pages paperback
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Steward’s Pocket Reference & Diary
By UCS, Inc.
This handy pocket-sized reference booklet is packed with vital information and tools important to every steward. 130 pages paperback / sturdy leatherette cover
Inquire about discounts for multiple copies and about imprinting your union name on 100 copies or more.
Published by UCS, Inc.
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Murder of a Post Office Manager
By Paul FeltonHow far can you push a man before he explodes? Postal worker-union steward Paul Farley has battled his sadistic manager for years. Sometimes he wins a grievance; too often he loses. Paul watches as Manager James Newton uses his power to destroy the lives of workers at The Plant. So when Newton is brutally gunned down, it’s not a surprise when the police arrest the beleaguered union steward whose patience had worn out from losing so many battles with his cruel boss. 314 pages paperback
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Unions for Beginners
By David Cogswell, Illustrated by C.M. Butzer
It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It is a time when millions of members of the middle class are falling through the cracks in a downward economic trend that parallels the decline of unions. It is this time when people are turning again to the history of unions. Unions for Beginners provides an introduction to that essential history. 176 pages paperback
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They're Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions
By Bill Fletcher Jr.
How familiar do these phrases ring? Unions are responsible for budget deficits; they’ve outlived their usefulness; their members are overpaid and enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy, many say, is to weaken the labor movement, strip workers of collective bargaining rights, and champion private industry. In They're Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions, longtime labor activist and educator Bill Fletcher Jr. makes sense of this debate as he unpacks the 21 myths most often cited by anti-union propagandists. 204 pages paperback
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Just Cause: A Union Guide to Winning Discipline Cases
By Robert M. Schwartz
This new (2012) book by union attorney Robert M. Schwartz, author of the classic Legal Rights of Union Stewards and several other vital resources for union activists, is the first new look at union discipline principles in decades -- an invaluable new tool. 174 pages paperback
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Kings in Disguise: A Graphic Novel
By James Vance and Dan Burr
This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic.
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Which Side Are You On? The Story of a Song
By George Ella Lyon, artwork by Christopher Cardinale
This wonderful childrens’ book tells the story of a song written in 1931 that has become an anthem for people fighting for their rights all over the world. Florence Reece’s husband Sam, a coal miner in Kentucky, was helping organize a union when all hell broke loose. The company and its hired thugs started attacking miners and their homes, including Reece’s. While bullets flew around her and the couple’s seven children and they took cover under their bed, Florence took out her pencil and started writing – and the song was born. 40 pages hardcover
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Union Steward Business Cards
Greet new employees with more than a handshake: present them with your own business card, establishing the union’s presence on the job and your own vital role in the workplace. Make sure long-time members have one for ready reference as well.
On the front of the sturdy two-color card is space for you to put all the contact information the member needs to call you or another union representative into action: Your name (and the union’s name), your phone number(s), the union office (or officer) numbers and the union’s website – local and/or national. On the other side of the card is the all-important Weingarten statement, so the member has immediate access to the proper response if threatened with potential disciplinary action.
Durable Card Stock-
100 for 22.00 plus 3.00 shipping and handling
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250 for 45.00 plus 3.00 shipping and handling
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From First Contact to First Contract: A Union Organizer’s Handbook
By Bill Barry
This is a no-nonsense tool from veteran labor organizer and educator Bill Barry. He looks to his own vast experience to document and help organizers through all the stages of a unionization campaign, from how to get it off the ground to how to bring it home with a signed contract and a strong bargaining unit. 129 pages paperback
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The Steward’s Toolbox
Edited by Mischa Gaus
The Steward’s Toolbox, published in 2012, brings labor activists practical advice to succeed in the day to day work of building an active, democratic union. Full of concrete examples, it’s written by shop floor leaders committed to building the movement from the grassroots. Their lessons will help you inspire members, make new allies, and kick-start your union. 236 pages paperback
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Effective Grievance Resolution (DVD)
By Wayne State University, Labor Studies Center
This is a well done, 45-minute DVD showing the processing of a grievance, focusing on the steward-supervisor exchange. One DVD, Plus 16 page Instructional Booklet
Published by UCS Inc.
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All Labor Has Dignity
By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Edited and with an introduction by Michael K. Honey
People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform. 224 pages paperback
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Welcome to the Union pamphlet (Single copy)
Don’t let management’s voice be the only one heard by new employees who hire on in your unionized workplace. Welcome them to the job with this easy-to-read, solidarity-building introduction to unionism. It comes in two versions -- public sector and private sector.
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