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This was an actual product: figure set for HO-scale railroad
of 5 strikers, barrier sawhorse, and policeman.
Labor Leaders
 | "The New Men of Power: America's Labor Leaders" [Harcourt Brace 1948] by C. Wright Mills Univ IL Press pb [9/2001] for $17.95 Univ IL Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2001] for $40.00 A.M. Kelley hardcover [1/71] for $46.99 C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore |
 | "Labor Leaders In America" [1987] Edited and with an Introduction by Melvyn Dubofsky & Warren Van Tine chapters/topics include César Chávez, Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, William Green, William D. Haywood, Sidney Hillman, Jimmy Hoffa, John L. Lewis, George Meany, Philip Murray, Terrence V. Powderly, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Rose Schneiderman & William H. Sylvis Univ Illinois Press 9x6 pb [1987] out of print/many used Univ Illinois Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/90] out of print/used Dubofsky's faculty homepage • Van Tine's faculty homepage |
socialist leader Ella Reeves 'Mother' Bloor [1862-1951]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Reeve_Bloor
Bloor's autobiography "We Are Many" was published in 1940
her granddaughter was actress Herta Ware who was married to Will Geer from 1934-1954
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Cesar E. Chavez [1927-93] Page
Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers Section
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Eugene V. Debs [1855-1926] Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Samuel Gompers [1850-1924] Page
Sidney Hillman [1887-1946]
"Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and The Rise of American Labor" [] by Steve Fraser
leaders of the International Workers of The World [est. 1905] aka the I.W.W. or 'Wobblies'
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn [1890-1964]
'Big Bill' Haywood [1869-1928]
Spirit of America Bookstore's
labor leader Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers
 | "Dolores" documentary feature [P.B.S. Sept 2017]
Exec producer Carlos Santana; co-producer, co-writer & director Peter Bratt; co-writer & editor Jessica Congdon; featuring Dolores Huerta PBS Distribn widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2018] for $17.99 PBS Distribn widescreen color DVD [3/2018] for $14.05 credits at IMDb • official movie site watch 7/2017 official trailer [2:16] at YouTube |
Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones [1837-1930]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Harris_Jones
"The Autobiography of Mother Jones" [1925]
"Mother Jones Speaks" [Millbrook Press, 1994] Edited by Penny Colman
"Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman" video [2007] /tt1493006/
 | "Strike! Mother Jones and The Colorado Coal Field War" [2012] by Lois Ruby Kindle Edition from Filter Press [9/2012] for $6.99 Filter Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2012] for $8.95 Filter Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2012] for $17.95 |
Florence Kelley [1859-1932]
John L. Lewis [1880-1969]
"Labor and The Nation" [] by John L. Lewis
"John L. Lewis: A Biography" [] by Melvyn Dubofsky & Warren Van Tine
George Meany [1894-1980]
sociologist C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page
at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Terence V. Powderly [1849-1924]
autobiography "The Path I Trod" []
Jackie Presser [1925-88] entry at Wikipedia
A. Philip Randolph [1889-1979]
"A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait" [] by Jervis Anderson
Walter Reuther [1907-70]
"Walter Reuther: The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit" [] by Nelson Lichtenstein
Elizabeth H. 'Liz' Shuler - elected AFL-CIO president 8/2021 + Interim Chair, Economic Policy Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Shuler
Richard Trumka [1949-2021] - AFL-CIO president, 2009-2021
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trumka
Lech Walesa of Poland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa
http://www.amazon.com/Lech-Walesa-Biography/dp/B000VSCEZA/
Music, Other Media
 | "Carry It On: Songs of America's Working People" [1992] by Pete Seeger, Si Kahn & Jane Sapp Flying Fish audio CD [9/92] for $14.99 |
 | "Dust Bowl Ballads" [1994] by Woody Guthrie
B.M.G. Intl. audio CD [12/99] 14 tracks for $10.27 Buddha / BMG audio CD [7/2000] out of prodn/used |
 | "Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways" [2006]
Smithsonian Folkways audio CD [5/2006] for $11.98 |
 | "Harlan County USA: Songs of The Coal Miners's Struggle" [2006]
Rounder Records Umgd soundtrack CD [5/2006] 22 tracks for $14.99 featuring seven songs by Hazel Dickens, plus artists & groups Norman Blake, Phyllis Boyens (2), Connie & Babe featuring Red Roberts, Country Cooking band, J.P. Fraley, Jim Garland, Sarah Gunning (2), the Johnson Mountain Boys, the Old Home String Band, Florence Reece, Merle Travis, Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton, and Nimrod Workman |
 | "Solidarity Forever: Amazon Worker Jigsaw Puzzle" [ages 12 & up; 2022] sponsored by The Nation Magazine 500-piece paper jigsaw puzzle, finished size 24x18 inches; jigsaw image created by award-winning designer-illustrator Josh Gosfield; proceeds from this unique and memorable puzzle will go to both the Amazon Labor Union and The Nation's reporting fund of course, the puzzle will not be available at Amazon The Nation jigsaw puzzle in a box [12/2022] for $29.99 |
Fiction Related to Union Struggles
 | "On The Iron At Big Cloud" [1911] by Frank L. Packard [1877-1942] There is labor strife at the Big Cloud railroad construction camp, and the managers keep quitting; young civil engineer Dick Holman talks his uncle, the railroad's general superintendent, into sending him to Big Cloud to get the situation straightened out, intending to prove his mettle. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2011] for 99¢ {sic} TheClassics.US 9¾x7½ pb [9/2013] for $14.63 Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $23.00 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $33.80 |
 | "Wide Open Town: A Novel" [Farrar & Rinehart 1931] by Myron Brinig [1896-1991], Illustrated by Earl Ganz A story of labor strife and love set in 1910 in fictional Silver Bow, representing Butte, Montana. A lover of fresh air works deep in the mines, his powerful uncle faces a crisis, and a girl from the 'dark side' of town in love with the miner tries to reform herself. Sweetgrass / Farcountry Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.95 Spirit of America Bookstore's Myron Brinig [1896-1991] Page |
 | "In Dubious Battle" [Viking Press 1936] by John Steinbeck [1902-68] Written before "Grapes of Wrath", this story of a strike among migrant workers in apple orchards of California tells how Jim Nolan becomes a leader of the workers and then suffers crushing defeat. Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [5/2006] for $10.88 Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [10/92] out of print/used Bantam mass pb [6/76] out of print/used Viking Press hardcover [10/36] out of print/many used BooksOnTape audio [11/94] 7 tapes read by Michael Keenan - out of prodn/scarce |
"The Grapes of Wrath" Pulitzer Prize-winning 1939 Novel & Oscar-winning 1940 Movie
for details (synopsis, docufilms, posters, books, links) click here
 | "Lonely Crusade" [Knopf 1947] by Chester Himes A young Negro man becomes a union organizer in the Los Angeles aircraft industry during World War II. Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/97] out of print/used Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [11/86] out of print/used Knopf/Chatham/TMP hardcovers: out of print/used |
 | "Boulder Dam" [1963 novel] by Zane Grey [1872-1939] Novel based on the real-life labor strife during the mid-1930s construction of the hydroelectric dam across Black Canyon on the Colorado River. Harper mass pb [12/90] out of print/used Story House hardcover [1963] out of print/used |
 | "Storming Heaven: A Novel" [1987] by Denise Giardina A compelling novel of Appalachian labor strife in the 1920s. Ivy Books pb [5/94] for $6.99 Ballantine 8½x5½ pb [2/99] out of print/used W.W. Norton hardcover [8/87] out of print/used |
 | "Breaker: A Boy's Story of The 1902 Pennsylvania Coal Miners' Strike" [ages 12 & up; 1988] by N.A. Perez Set in 1902; after his father dies in a Pennsylvania coal mine, fourteen-year-old Pat McFarlane leaves school to work in the mines to feed the family. Univ Pittsburgh Press 8x5%frac12 pb [4/2002] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin 8¾x5¾ hardcover [4/88] out of print/used |
 | "The Unquiet Earth: A Novel" [1992] by Denise Giardina sequel to "Storming Heaven" above. Ivy Books pb [5/94] for $6.99 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [5/92] out of print/used |
 | "Tennessee's Coal Creek War: Another Fight For Freedom" [1995] by Chris Cawood Workers stand up to coal mine owners and the State Militia, in 1891-92. Magnolia Hill 9x6 pb [10/95] for $11.66 |
 | "Thunder On The Mountain: A Novel of 1936" [1999] by David Poyer A tale of labor strife in the Pennsylvania oilfields. Forge pb [8/2000] out of print/used St. Martin 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/99] out of print/used Chivers UNABR audio [1/2000] for $86.94 author website |
 | "Labor's Text: The Worker In American Fiction" [2000] by Laura Hapke Rutgers Univ Press 10x7 pb [2/2001] for $32.95 Rutgers Univ Press 10¼x7¼ hardcover [2/2000] for $0.00 |
 | "The Coal King's Slaves: A Coal Miner's Story" [2002] by William G. Williams A tale of Scranton, Pennsylvania coal-miners, circa 1890. Burd Street Press 9x6 pb [11/2002] for $10.47 |
 | "The Sunnyside War" [2003] by Fred Civish Young Dan Cook grows up fast in the coal mines of Sunnyside, Utah, in the 1920s. Cedar Fort 9x6 pb [4/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Haymarket: A Novel" [2003] by Martin B. Duberman A fictional account of the Haymarket Massacre of 1886, centering on labor martyr Albert Parsons. Seven Stories Press 9¼x6.3 hardcover [12/2003] for $17.47 |
 | "Bucket of Blood: The Ragman's War" [2003] by R.S. Sukle A fictional account of the 1927-28 strikes in the coalfields of Pennsylvania, based on family stories. iUniverse 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $17.95 iUniverse 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2003] for $27.95 author's booksite |
 | "Labor Days: An Anthology of Fiction About Work" [2004] 5 stories, 16 novel excerpts; Edited by David Gates Random House 8x5 pb [8/2004] for $11.16 |
 | "Coal Camp Justice: Two Wrongs Make A Right" [2005] by Ricardo L. García Univ NM Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.47 sequel "Coal Camp Days: A Boy's Remembrance" [2001] Univ NM Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2001] for $24.95 |
 | "Triangle: A Novel" [2006] by Katharine Weber A woman in a nursing home who survived the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tells her story to her granddaughter. After the woman's death, a feminist scholar notices inconsistencies in the story and sets out to uncover the woman's secrets. FS&G 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.64 |
 | "Child Labor and The Industrial Revolution" [ages 7 & up; 2009] by Harriet Isecke Part of the Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater program for pre-K thru 8; two sisters work in a linen mill under horrible conditions, and years later, are to receive an honor from the National Child Labor Committee. Teacher Created Materials 8½x6¾ pb [5/2009] for $6.26 |
 | "Work Song: A Novel" [2010] by Ivan Doig [1939-2015] Sequel to "The Whistling Season" [2006 non-labor novel], ten years later (circa 1919). Morrie lands in copper town Butte, Montana and gets a job at the public library while hiding from Chicago gamblers, courting the alluring widow who runs the boarding house, and choosing sides in the local labor dispute. Kindle Edition from Riverhead/Penguin [6/2010] for $12.99 Riverhead Trade 7¾x5 pb [7/2011] for $11.25 Riverhead 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2010] out of print/100+ used author's official website |
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Labor Novels by Upton Sinclair
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Spirit of America Bookstore's Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] Page
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