University of Nevada Press, 1998. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. In Witnesses to the Struggle, Anne Loftis focuses on the work and activities of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Paul Taylor, and Dorothea Lange, who brought the story of California's labor.....
Long Beach Independent Press Telegram, 1965. Photograph. B/W photograph, 7 x 9 inches. Bob Shumway (1930-2012) was a staff photographer for the Long Beach Independent Press Telegraph 1956-1977. A near fine copy. Caption pasted on rear: 'AP Newsfeatures Photo. Please credit. (For use Sunday, May 9, with APN Photo, Essay.....
n.d., ca. early 1970s. Photograph. B/W photograph, 8 x 10 inches, showing Josephina Flores and many others with United Farm Workers flags massed in a protest demonstration. Josephina Flores joined the United Farm Workers in 1965, was shot by a foreman in 1968 during a strike in Arvin, California (near.....
n.d., ca. early 1970s. Photograph. B/W photograph, 8 x 10 inches. Closeup view of Flores with UFW buttons on shirt and identification badge on left shirt pocket. Josephina Flores joined the UFW in 1965 and became a prominent leader. She was shot by a foreman in 1968 during a strike.....
[?Miami Herald], 1973. First Edition. Photograph. B/W photographs, 6.5 x 8.5 inches. 1. Photograph of youngster falling who appears to be chasing a ball, near an open ditch with a doll floating in the water with 3 other children standing grouped in near background, trees and shrubs in distance. 2.....
Acme Newspictures, Inc., Chicago Bureau, 1946. Photograph. B/W photograph, oblong format, 7 x 9 inches. Caption on rear: 'A soup kitchen, opened and operated by 'Mexican People of Chicago', at their clubhouse near the Chicago Union Stock Yard, is shown in operation, feeding strike pickets from the Yards...1-16-46' The UPWA.....
Sourcebooks, March 2018. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller! For fans of Hidden Figures, comes the incredible true story of the women heroes who were exposed to radium in factories across the U.S. in the early 20th century.....
Associated Migrant Opportunity Services (AMOS), n.d., ca. 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 2 sheets, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed both sides. Report of the Characteristics of the Mexican-American community in Indiana and discussion of 'Cultural Assimilation is the Basic Problem of Mexican-Americans'. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.....
UFW (United Farm Workers), AFL-CIO, n.d., [1971]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 2 sheets, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed on both sides. Chronologic history of the strike/boycott, begins July 23, 1970 and ends December 29, 1972, when the Supreme Court ruled 'that the Teamster's Union worked in collusion with a group.....
Society of Friends (Quakers). The Coalfield Distress Committee, 1928. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian October 5th, 1928 First edition (first printing). Very good copy in wappers (paperback). Covers with soiling and wear.
Gemini, 1960. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 7 pages. William Wesker (1932-2016) was an English dramatist who led an initiative concerning the importance of the arts in the larger community. This pamphlet is part of that effort and was 'sent to the Secretary of every Trade Union in the country.'.....
University of Pittsburgh Press, June 1992. Trade Paperback. 548 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Government Printing Office, 1885. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 729 pages. Remains an important reference of the relationships between capital and labor during this period of the Gilded Age. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in wrappers (paperback). The covers are mildly soiled with edge chips and long tear on.....
William Reeves. Printed by New Temple Press, Croydon, ca. 1900. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. Pamphlet urges the young to organize and demand their rights. Later printing. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Inter-Religious Committee for Justice for Thomas J. Mooney, 1935. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. Symes argument is reprinted from Harpers Magazine May, 1931. Additional material added. First edition thus. A near fine copy in yellow wrappers (paperback), stapled. Tanning to covers. Pages are browned.
Ernest Benn Limited, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. 342 pages. 6-1/2 by 10 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Fading to spine and cover edges. Minor margin notes in pencil on a few pages. A newspaper clipping of a review of this book pasted.....
Odhams, January 1948. Hardcover.
Penguin Books, September 2005. Trade Paperback. In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are.....
New York Labor News co, January 1898. Pamphlet.
[United Farm Workers], [1968]. Poster. Original screenprint poster, 20 by 14 inches. The UFW supported Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election and adopted a slogan based on his triple-H initials: HHH Si! Si! Si!. This poster combines the slogan with the UFW eagle printed in the colors of the.....
Warner Books Inc, August 1991. Hardcover.
Government Printing Office, 1952. Trade Paperback. Hearings held at Washington, D. C., February 18, 19, 20, and 21, 1952. 491 pages. Following the deaths of 119 miner in a large explosion at a mine in West Frankfort, Illinois, the Congress passed the Coal Mine Safety Act giving federal inspectors access.....
June 1937. Photograph. Three vintage gelatin silver prints of the Newton Steel Strike. In June 1937, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) struck the steel plant in Monroe, Michigan, southeast of Ann Arbor, on the shores of Lake Eire. The mayor of the town deputized several hundred men as special.....