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Kelly Kim - Fight Like Hell The Untold History Of American Labor - Paperback
Kelly Kim - Fight Like Hell The Untold History Of American Labor - Paperback
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Description: This revelatory and inclusive book unearths the stories of the people farm laborers domestic workers factory employees behind some of the labor movement's biggest successes (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly. Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction - era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government - sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair wages. The queer Black labor leader who helped orchestrate America's civil rights movement. These are only some of the heroes who propelled American labor's relentless push for fairness and equal protection under the law. The names and faces of countless silenced misrepresented or forgotten leaders have been erased by time as a privileged few decide which stories get cut from the final copy: those of women people of color Lgbtqi a people disabled people sex workers prisoners and the poor. In this definitive and assiduously researched thought - provoking must - read (Liz Shuler AFL - CIO president) Teen Vogue columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that untold history and shows how the rights the American worker has today the forty - hour workweek workplace - safety standards restrictions on child labor protection from harassment and discrimination on the job were earned with literal blood sweat and tears. Fight Like Hell comes at a time of economic reckoning in America. From Amazon's warehouses to Starbucks cafes Appalachian coal mines to the sex workers of Portland's Stripper Strike interest in organized labor is at a fever pitch not seen since the early 1960s. Inspirational intersectional and full of crucial lessons from the past Fight Like Hell is essential reading for anyone who believes that workers should control their fate (Shane Burley author of Why We Fight).
Title: Fight Like Hell The Untold History Of American Labor
Author(s): Kelly Kim
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982171063
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 8/29/2023
Category: Trade Unions
Description: This revelatory and inclusive book unearths the stories of the people farm laborers domestic workers factory employees behind some of the labor movement's biggest successes (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly. Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction - era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government - sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair wages. The queer Black labor leader who helped orchestrate America's civil rights movement. These are only some of the heroes who propelled American labor's relentless push for fairness and equal protection under the law. The names and faces of countless silenced misrepresented or forgotten leaders have been erased by time as a privileged few decide which stories get cut from the final copy: those of women people of color Lgbtqi a people disabled people sex workers prisoners and the poor. In this definitive and assiduously researched thought - provoking must - read (Liz Shuler AFL - CIO president) Teen Vogue columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that untold history and shows how the rights the American worker has today the forty - hour workweek workplace - safety standards restrictions on child labor protection from harassment and discrimination on the job were earned with literal blood sweat and tears. Fight Like Hell comes at a time of economic reckoning in America. From Amazon's warehouses to Starbucks cafes Appalachian coal mines to the sex workers of Portland's Stripper Strike interest in organized labor is at a fever pitch not seen since the early 1960s. Inspirational intersectional and full of crucial lessons from the past Fight Like Hell is essential reading for anyone who believes that workers should control their fate (Shane Burley author of Why We Fight).
Title: Fight Like Hell The Untold History Of American Labor
Author(s): Kelly Kim
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982171063
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 8/29/2023
Category: Trade Unions
