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Fight like hell : the untold history of American labor / Kim Kelly.

Kelly, Kim (Journalist), (author.). Nelson, Sara, 1973- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:
"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 working-class 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, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, sex workers, prisoners, and the poor. In this definitive and assiduously researched work of journalism, Teen Vogue columnists 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"--Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982171056
  • ISBN: 1982171057
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 418 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Foreword by Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendant-CWA, AFL-CIO"--cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-401) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- The trailblazers -- The garment workers -- The mill workers -- The revolutionaries -- The miners -- The harvesters -- The cleaners -- The freedom fighters -- The movers -- The metalworkers -- The disabled workers -- The sex workers -- The prisoners -- Epilogue.
Subject: Labor movement > United States > History.
Labor unions > United States > History.
Working class > United States > History.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 331.8 KELLY (Text)
Bookplate: In Honor of SEIU Local Chapter
50686016171857 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 973 KEL (Text) 33240004957950 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 331.88 K295f (Text) 85131001820902 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 331.8 KELLY (Text) 50688010815281 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 973 KEL Nonfiction (Text) 34001001414372 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 331.88 KELL (Text) 36446002075730 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Highland Community Library 331.8 KEL (Text) 35610000993704 HGHM New Book Shelf Checked Out 05/31/2024
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library 331.880973 Kel 2022 (Text) 10HOL000495869 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 331.80973 Kelly History (Text) 39427103652921 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Littlestown Library 331.80973 KELLY (Text)
Endowment: Friends of Library Named Endowment, 2022
35740635833353 Nonfiction Available -

Summary: "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 working-class 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, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, sex workers, prisoners, and the poor. In this definitive and assiduously researched work of journalism, Teen Vogue columnists 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"--Amazon.

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