Municipal Workers and Urban Power in the Twentieth Century
Francis Ryan
A history of the largest union in the AFL-CIO and its growth in a major American city
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 figures, 30 halftones
Domestics and Their Employers
Judith Rollins
A study of the unique relationship between women employers and employees
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap
Yasemin Besen-Cassino
Traces the origins of the gender wage gap to part-time teenage work, which sets up a dynamic that persists into adulthood
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 tables, 8 line drawings
Flight Attendant Activism, Family Politics, and Workplace Justice
Ryan Patrick Murphy
How flight attendants have drawn on feminist and LGBTQ activist legacies to challenge big business's rise to power after 1970
252 pages
| 6 x 9
Explaining Women's Inroads into Male Occupations
Barbara F. Reskin and Patricia A. Roos
A controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations
388 pages
| 6 x 9
Working with Farm Animals from Birth to Slaughter
Rhoda Wilkie
How humans think and feel about their work handling food animals
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables
A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics
Wendell W. Young III
A behind-the-scenes look at a legendary Philadelphia labor leader and how he shaped local and national politics in profound ways
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 28 halftones
A Labor History of Queer America
Miriam Frank
A groundbreaking history of queer activists who advanced the causes of labor organizing and LGBT rights
240 pages
| 6 x 9
Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles
Nora Hamilton and Norma Stoltz Chinchilla
A look at the challenges faced by Central American immigrants in Los Angeles
304 pages
| 6 x 9
| 12 tables, 2 figures, 22 halftones, 5 maps
Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.
Lisa M. Fine
A collision of history and memory
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables, 17 halftones
Solidarity Remembered
Jack Metzgar
A middle-class son remembers his father's union and the steel strike of 1959
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 1 figure, 16 halftones
From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America
Erin Hatton
How the temp industry undermined the idea that workers are a company's chief asset
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 tables, 7 halftones
The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York
Renqiu Yu
Chinese laundry workers unite to fight racism and economic discrimination
253 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 figs.