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Harvey Schwartz on Labor Under Siege–a Book about the ILWU and Union President “Big Bob” McEllrath

Introduction:  An injury to one is an injury to all. Motto of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. ILWU demonstrators at the Vancouver,.

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Paul Shackel on his new book, The Ruined Anthracite

This is the third in a series that updates and extends John McKerley’s essay in the current issue of Labor: Studies in Working.

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James C. Benton on his recent book, Fraying Fabric How Trade Policy and Industrial Decline Transformed America

James C Benton’s 2022 Fraying Fabric: How Trade Policy and Industrial Decline Transformed America (University of Illinois Press, 2022) asks important questions about.

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Max Fraser on his new book, Hillbilly Highway

Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class explores one of the most significant and under-examined migrations in.

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Janine Giordano Drake on her new book, The Gospel of Church

The Gospel of Church: How Mainline Protestants Vilified Christian Socialism and Fractured the Labor Movement, just published by Janine Giordano Drake (Oxford University.

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Ahmed White on Under the Iron Heel

Ahmed White recently published Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers. It takes a closer look at.

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Michael Hillard on his book, Shredding Paper

A Conversation between Emily E. LB. Twarog and Michael Hillard, author of Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine’s Mighty Paper Industry.

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The Violence of Work: an Exchange

According to a recent study by the AFL-CIO, on average 275 workers in the United States die each day due to job injuries.

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David Witwer on Murder in the Garment District

David Witwer and Catherine Rios recently published Murder in the Garment District: The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in.

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Donald Rogers on his recent book, Workers Against the City

Donald Rogers recent book Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO (2020) reminds us of the terrific.

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