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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Best Price: $8.04 "At the end of the day
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy Best Price: $15.00 I had no idea of the extent of "modern" slavery. This book reveals some of... | Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself Best Price: $4.68 I found this book inspirational in the sense that before the four-minute mile barrier for... | Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy Best Price: $6.70 Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, edited by Barbara Ehrenreich... | Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases, Practice, and Law (8th Edition) Best Price: $64.55 don't have too much to say other than i was glad i bought this through amazon rather than my... | Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do Best Price: $8.50 I read Working in 1986, when I was 23, and chose my profession based on one of the interviews... |
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The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage Best Price: $10.95 The China Price does a really good job explaining what goes on in China's factories and, in... | Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Illegal Migrants Best Price: $8.00 As good as a journalistic effort can get...
Like Orwell's Down and Out in London and Paris,... | The Labor Relations Process Best Price: $151.16 THE LABOR RELATIONS PROCESS, 9th Edition provides you with the latest information available on... | Labor Relations (12th Edition) Best Price: $86.00 Labor Relations , the most accurate, readable, timely, and valuable book of its kind on the... | Motivating and Preparing Black Youth for Success Best Price: $4.30 Asks and answers the questions how can we reduce the dropout rate? Why does the motivation to... |
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The Wealth of Nations: Books 1-3 (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $7.00 The first three "books" (the term for "chapters" in Smith's age) of the... | The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class, Revised and Expanded Edition (Haymarket) Best Price: $11.96 A small but very significant difference in terminology prevented me from getting far with this... | Working Best Price: $15.00 This book touched my heart. Especially "Fathers and Sons". I felt inspired. I perfomed... | The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide Best Price: $11.20 This book is very biased against the US economy and is basically advocating a socialist or... | Poverty in America: A Handbook Best Price: $16.95 Today in our nation's Capitol at least between 5,000 and 10,000 poor are living, dying, and... |
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Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy : Manual for Activists Best Price: $16.29 This book is disappointing. While it may help a college student or other really new person... | Mobbing: Emotional Abuse in the American Workplace, 2002 Revised Edition Best Price: $19.17 Before my experience of becoming a victim of "mobbing", I had never heard of this... | The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath Best Price: $3.34 Readers seeking a full experience of John Steinbeck's literary style won't want to miss Harvest... | Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice Best Price: $15.50 The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global battlefield filled with landmines... | Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy (9th Edition) Best Price: $26.00 One of the best economics textbooks I studied in terms of clarity and organization. Even though... |
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Love the Work, Hate the Job: Why America's Best Workers Are Unhappier Than Ever Best Price: $12.97 This is a "must-read" for workers and employers, told by a master storyteller. The... | Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream Best Price: $1.50 OK, so it may be that the blue and pink collar work force is easier to love than middle... | Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs Best Price: $22.00 i still not receive this item, i have wait for a month already!! | Labor Economics Best Price: $100.00 George Borjas’ well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern... | The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism Best Price: $6.58 This should have been a better book. It focuses too much on downsizing (which is important, but... |
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Labor-Management Relations in a Changing Environment (Wiley Series in Management) Best Price: $51.50 Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of labor management relations with a substantial portion... | The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences Best Price: $8.57 Useful if grim and inconslusive look at another truly American phenomenon: layoffs.
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Rainbow at Midnight: LABOR AND CULTURE IN THE 1940S Best Price: $16.95 This is a terrific book. Lipsitz at his best - smart, innovative, readable. | All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw Best Price: $14.28 This is a timeless classic, and not just among memoirs, because the subject was a great... | The Union Steward's Complete Guide: A Survival Guide Best Price: $14.60 A MUST for the new Stewart, and very helpful for the experienced Stewart, as a refresher. | Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It Best Price: $3.98 This is the message from Warren Farrell's intelligent and objective work on the truth behind... | Bloody Williamson: A CHAPTER IN AMERICAN LAWLESSNESS (Prairie State Books) Best Price: $12.44 In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Williamson County, Illinois became a byword... |
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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 Best Price: $19.43 Cohen presents a seemingly broad and well-supported thesis to explain the success of unionism in... | The New American Workplace Best Price: $0.73 This is the best business book I have read in a long time. The authors do an excellent job in... | Contemporary Labor Economics Best Price: $104.99 Bought this book for an undergrad Labor Economics class for Spring 2008. This book is clearly... | Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration Best Price: $14.00 This book is loaded with useful information for the student of corrections, criminology and/or... | When the Good Pensions Go Away: Why America Needs a New Deal for Pension and Healthcare Reform Best Price: $19.80 This is a rediculous price for a Kindle edition that costs the publisher next to nothing (after... |
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Standing at Armageddon: The United States 1877-1919 Best Price: $8.75 Historians write with a slant. Sometimes it's hard to detect, but in this book it screams out... | Life Beyond the Classroom: Transition Strategies for Young People With Disabilities Best Price: $47.22 This book is a great resource for teachers who deal with high school transition of those with... | The New American Workplace Best Price: $6.30 This is a great illustration of the value of lucidity. Edward Lawler is one of the longest... | To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War Best Price: $12.99 Although it is not perfect, Hunter provides an engrossing look at southern black women's labor... | Crime And Punishment In American History Best Price: $16.97 This is an illuminating essay on american criminal justice in an historical context aimed at the... |
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Thai Women In The Global Labor Force: Consuming Desires, Contested Selves Best Price: $19.00 | Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World Best Price: $2.74 There are parts of the book that are clearly written in the immature style of a teenager... | The Motivation to Work Best Price: $22.45 | Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor in the Early Republic Best Price: $27.23 I have to modify significantly the previous reviewer's take on this book. Boydston does not... | Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 (ILR Press Books) Best Price: $13.65 I could hardly believe what I read. It's is amazing how this "novel" is treated as a... |
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Cases in Collective Bargaining & Industrial Relations Best Price: $59.50 Cases in Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations contains 81 cases that vary in length,... | Against the Law: Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt Best Price: $18.00 This study opens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism and the rebirth of... | Revolt Among the Sharecroppers Best Price: $16.50 | From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States Best Price: $11.30 The authors distinct voices, coupled with Sacchos illustrations make this a packed informative... | |