Labor Studies
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard
Ellen David Friedman • Illustrated by Fernando Martí
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
$25.00
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Labor Notes
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards - 7th Ed.
Robert M. Schwartz
This book is a primer on your rights as a steward and walks you through all the basics from the National Labor Relations Act to the grievance process to Weingarten rights.
This book is a primer on your rights as a steward and walks you through all the basics from the National Labor Relations Act to the grievance process to Weingarten rights.
$20.00
Merch
Working Class History 2026 Wall Calendar
Don't be a scab! Get your daily dose of people's history with the 2026 Working Class History limited edition wall calendar!
$20.00
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Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
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Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories
Gabriel San Román
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
$24.95
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SCRIP: How the Coal Companies Impoverished Harlan County
Charles Edward Thomas
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
$29.95
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Mutiny in the Mountains: West Virginia Public Workers 1969–2019
Gordon Simmons
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
$19.95
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Out of the Lab, Into the Streets: An Oral History of the 2022 UAW Strike at the University of California
Aleida García Aguirre, with Molly Vine and Patrick Dexter
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
$25.95
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Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms
Jarrod Shanahan
A decade of American society coming apart.
A decade of American society coming apart.
$25.95
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Just Cause - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. Schwartz
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
$20.00
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What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns
Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
$17.95
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The Housing Monster, Second Edition
prole.info
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
$15.95
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Labor Notes
No Contract, No Peace - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. Schwartz
This book provides valuable guidance on working without a contract, mobilizing members, picketing, targeting outside businesses, unemployment benefits, unfair-labor-practice strikes, lockouts, and other related topics.
This book provides valuable guidance on working without a contract, mobilizing members, picketing, targeting outside businesses, unemployment benefits, unfair-labor-practice strikes, lockouts, and other related topics.
$20.00
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Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
Raymond Tyler • Summer McClinton
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
$19.95
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Other Comrades
Memoirs Of A Wobbly
Henry E. McGuckin
This firsthand history tells the story of the unsung tens of thousands of militant working men and women who, in the 1910s, made the IWW one of the grandest labor organizations the world has ever seen.
This firsthand history tells the story of the unsung tens of thousands of militant working men and women who, in the 1910s, made the IWW one of the grandest labor organizations the world has ever seen.
$7.00
Autonomedia
(Autonomedia) What Do We Need Bosses For? Toward Economic Democracy
Pete Dolack
This book analyzes past and present efforts to establish systems of economic democracy on a national or society-wide basis, dissecting the mounting inequalities of capitalism and theorizing how we might organize a better world.
This book analyzes past and present efforts to establish systems of economic democracy on a national or society-wide basis, dissecting the mounting inequalities of capitalism and theorizing how we might organize a better world.
$24.95
Common Notions
Family, Welfare, and the State - 2nd Ed.
Mariarosa Dalla Costa
Did the New Deal save the working class or destroy its ability to struggle for the well-being of all?
Did the New Deal save the working class or destroy its ability to struggle for the well-being of all?
$16.00
Common Notions
Comedy Against Work
Madeline Lane-McKinley
Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” What does it mean to take comedy seriously—and to turn it against work?
Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” What does it mean to take comedy seriously—and to turn it against work?
$20.00
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Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023
David Van Deusen · Foreword by Kim Kelly · Introduction by Steve Early
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
$19.95
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Autonomedia
Caliban and the Witch
Silvia Federici
This is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. From the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the rationalization of social reproduction.
This is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. From the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the rationalization of social reproduction.
$19.95
Labor Notes
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Trainer's Guide STANDARD EDITION
Chris Brooks, Sonia Singh & Samantha Winslow
This guide shows how to put on a three-part training that teaches rank-and-file workers how to build power on the job, step by step.
This guide shows how to put on a three-part training that teaches rank-and-file workers how to build power on the job, step by step.
$45.00
Labor Notes
Secrets of a Successful Organizer
Alexandra Bradbury, Mark Brenner & Jane Slaughter
This book has distilled generations of organizing know-how and will show you how to fight back where you work and win!
This book has distilled generations of organizing know-how and will show you how to fight back where you work and win!
$15.00
Labor Notes
How to Win Past Practice Grievances
Robert M. Schwartz
This book explains the powerful labor relations principle of past practice and whether to file for arbitration and/or filing labor board charges.
This book explains the powerful labor relations principle of past practice and whether to file for arbitration and/or filing labor board charges.
$13.00
Labor Notes
The FMLA Handbook
Robert M. Schwartz
Highly readable and illustrated with numerous examples The FMLA Handbook explains the rights of employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Highly readable and illustrated with numerous examples The FMLA Handbook explains the rights of employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
$20.00
Books
Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard
Ellen David Friedman • Illustrated by Fernando Martí
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
$25.00
Labor Notes
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards - 7th Ed.
Robert M. SchwartzThis book is a primer on your rights as a steward and walks you through all the basics from the National Labor Relations Act to the grievance process to Weingarten rights.
$20.00
Merch
Working Class History 2026 Wall Calendar
Don't be a scab! Get your daily dose of people's history with the 2026 Working Class History limited edition wall calendar!
$20.00
Books
Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
Books
Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories
Gabriel San Román
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
$24.95
Books
SCRIP: How the Coal Companies Impoverished Harlan County
Charles Edward Thomas
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
$29.95
Books
Mutiny in the Mountains: West Virginia Public Workers 1969–2019
Gordon Simmons
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
$19.95
Books
Out of the Lab, Into the Streets: An Oral History of the 2022 UAW Strike at the University of California
Aleida García Aguirre, with Molly Vine and Patrick Dexter
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
$25.95
Books
Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms
Jarrod Shanahan
A decade of American society coming apart.
$25.95
Labor Notes
Just Cause - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. SchwartzJust cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
$20.00
Books
What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns
Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
$17.95
Books
The Housing Monster, Second Edition
prole.infoA scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
$15.95
Labor Notes
No Contract, No Peace - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. SchwartzThis book provides valuable guidance on working without a contract, mobilizing members, picketing, targeting outside businesses, unemployment benefits, unfair-labor-practice strikes, lockouts, and other related topics.
$20.00
Books
Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
Raymond Tyler • Summer McClinton This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
$19.95
Other Comrades
Memoirs Of A Wobbly
Henry E. McGuckinThis firsthand history tells the story of the unsung tens of thousands of militant working men and women who, in the 1910s, made the IWW one of the grandest labor organizations the world has ever seen.
$7.00
Autonomedia
(Autonomedia) What Do We Need Bosses For? Toward Economic Democracy
Pete DolackThis book analyzes past and present efforts to establish systems of economic democracy on a national or society-wide basis, dissecting the mounting inequalities of capitalism and theorizing how we might organize a better world.
$24.95
Common Notions
Family, Welfare, and the State - 2nd Ed.
Mariarosa Dalla CostaDid the New Deal save the working class or destroy its ability to struggle for the well-being of all?
$16.00
Common Notions
Comedy Against Work
Madeline Lane-McKinleyHumor, Groucho Marx asserted, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” What does it mean to take comedy seriously—and to turn it against work?
$20.00
Books
Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023
David Van Deusen · Foreword by Kim Kelly · Introduction by Steve Early
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
$19.95
Autonomedia
Caliban and the Witch
Silvia FedericiThis is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. From the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the rationalization of social reproduction.
$19.95
Labor Notes
Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Trainer's Guide STANDARD EDITION
Chris Brooks, Sonia Singh & Samantha WinslowThis guide shows how to put on a three-part training that teaches rank-and-file workers how to build power on the job, step by step.
$45.00
Labor Notes
Secrets of a Successful Organizer
Alexandra Bradbury, Mark Brenner & Jane SlaughterThis book has distilled generations of organizing know-how and will show you how to fight back where you work and win!
$15.00
Labor Notes
How to Win Past Practice Grievances
Robert M. SchwartzThis book explains the powerful labor relations principle of past practice and whether to file for arbitration and/or filing labor board charges.
$13.00
Labor Notes
The FMLA Handbook
Robert M. SchwartzHighly readable and illustrated with numerous examples The FMLA Handbook explains the rights of employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
$20.00