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Rules to Win By: Participation and Power in Union Negotiations is a book for anyone who wants to understand how to build the power required to effectively challenge and reverse income inequality and attacks on democracy.

In The Savvy Working Mom, Whitnee Hawthorne shatters the myth of work-life balance. From mastering the art of saying no to embracing values-based delegation, the book offers practical strategies and relatable anecdotes to empower women. Hawthorne teaches listeners to detach their self-worth from societal pressure dictating that they must achieve everything all at once, independent of assistance.

Erfolg hat, wer vertraut und kooperiert Fußballteams sind erfolgreicher, wenn jeder Spieler zusätzliche Laufwege in Kauf nimmt, um Fehler anderer auszubügeln. Forscherteams bringen ihre Projekte eher zu?einem guten Ende, wenn alle Beteiligten einander vertrauen. Kooperationen sind...

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history. In 1917, the lives of a company of miners changed forever when the underground labyrinth of...

في هذا الكتاب، يتتبع الصحفي سيمون ستولزوف كيف أصبح العمل يهيمن على حياتنا، ولماذا نجد صعوبة في الانفصال عنه.

La vita di un sindacalista può essere aspra, perchè deve mediare tra interessi che si contrastano e che spesso si violentano. Ma un sindacalista può anche leggere il suo lavoro come l'esatto prodotto di una legge tanto perfetta da essere divina: la legge della reincarnazione. Grazie a questa Legge ogni individuo e ogni collettività vivono soltanto ciò che gli serve per superare se stessi

In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement.

The experiments of both Capitalism and Communism are almost complete, and they both lead to one big organization controlling everything you do. In 1925, when this book was first published, it was true, and it is even truer today.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY A sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from a gifted practitioner of labor history and urban history, (Tiya Miles, National Book Award-winning author of All That She Carried)...

With over twenty-five contributions by some of the nation's most influential progressive voices, Labor's Partisans brings to life a history of labor that is of immediate relevance to our own times. Introduced and edited by leading labor historians Nelson Lichtenstein and Samir Sonti, this essential volume reveals the powerful currents and debates running through the labor movement, from the 1950s to today.

*Wage-Labour and Capital* by Karl Marx is a foundational text in Marxist economic theory that explores the exploitative dynamics of capitalist societies. Originally delivered as a series of lectures, the work delves into the relationship between wage laborers and capitalists, emphasizing how workers sell their labor power for wages that merely sustain their existence, while the capitalists appropriate the surplus value created by the workers.

Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs. Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became...

Brought to you by Penguin. What would women do with their lives if they had more time? The riveting, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the way work is valued 'The women of the world are serving notice. We want wages for every dirty toilet, every indecent assault, every painful...

Handwerksdenker und Influencer: Gemeinsam gegen den Fachkräftemangel ist das Hörbuch für alle, die die Zukunft des Handwerks aktiv mitgestalten wollen. Oliver Oettgen, ein erfahrener Handwerksunternehmer, bietet tiefgehende Einblicke in die drängendsten Herausforderungen der Branche – insbesondere den Fachkräftemangel – und zeigt zugleich, wie das Handwerk durch moderne Ansätze neu belebt werden kann. Dieses Hörbuch richtet sich an Unternehmer, Ausbilder, junge Handwerker und all jene, die das Handwerk als zentralen Teil unserer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft verstehen.

As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle Yano Wilson dives headfirst into the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer industry to address key questions facing American workers today: about what makes a good career, who gets to have one, and how careers progress without established models.

Including a preface read by the author, Joel Budd. Underdogs is a compelling, myth-busting account of white working-class Britain. 'Few books bring so much fresh thinking to tired arguments' - Robert Ford, author of Brexitland ________ No large group of people in Britain is as badly...

An expert takes on the crisis of income inequality, addressing the problems with our current compensation model, demystifying pay practices, and providing practical information employees can use when negotiating their salaries and discussing how we can close the gender and racial pay gap...

From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracy. For decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States. Yet as McAlevey...

From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster ‘A rich social history … Paxman’s book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES ‘Vividly told … Paxman’s fine narrative powers are at their best’ THE TIMES Coal is...