Labor

In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off the…

From me too to pay equity, women are stronger when they work together. Here, 40 successful women from different walks of…

With In-N-Out Burger, BusinessWeek writer Stacy Perman presents a chronicle of how a family-run California hamburger…

International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union: “We’d rather starve quick than starve slow.”The ILGWU was a driving…

  What is economics exactly? Glad you asked—this great little book explains it in comics format. Cuts through the…

This practical but very readable guide has sections on all the nuances of working in an office or other more formal…

Ever get a hankering for a little history lesson? With this book, It Happened in Oregon, you'll get some of Oregon's…

In 1913 thousands of Philadelphia longshoremen formed the nation's most progressive union. Local 8 welcomed African…

Meet Judi Bari, an environmental and labor activist who brought together loggers and tree protectors. Her activities…

A graphic novel adaptation of the novel that shed light on the harsh working conditions among immigrants in Chicago's…

In 1911, the Kalamazoo Corset Company was the largest manufacturer of women’s corsets in the world. In spring of 1912,…

Reaching the early 1900s, almost two million children were employed in the United States—sorting coal in Pennsylvania,…

The Korean Peasants League fights in solidarity with the indigenous farmers of the world against the destructive…

Laws - especially labor laws - are often written in difficult to parse language. However, it doesn't have to be…

Like most of our cultural institutions and workers, bookshops and booksellers have worked hard in the last few years to…

The Luddite insurrections (roughly 1811-1813 or later) are often represented as a misguided, reactionary backlash by…

Manual labor is about more than just doing things, it's about teamwork and a relationship between skilled workers and…

Gaming has become deeply ingrained in our society in the last few decades. Almost every demographic plays video games…

Mindfulness at Work explores the realities of the modern-day workplace and offers an alternative approach to the daily…

One hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist…

It's unrealistic to expect everyone to be an emotionless drone at work, but navigating emotions can be difficult in…

The history of work in the last three centuries has been a history of exploitation and slow gains. But the biggest of…

Its brown trucks and uniforms are now a ubiquitous presence on our streets. United Parcel Service, better known as…

"What do you want?" is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists. In yet another volume, Albert…