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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-101982171065

ISBN-139781982171063

eBay Product ID (ePID)24057248372

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Book TitleFight like Hell : the Untold History of American Labor

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Economics / General, United States / General

GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorKim Kelly

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight11.8 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-931666

Reviews"Kim Kelly has written the perfect book for the era of the "Great Resignation." Filled with revolutionary spirit, Fight Like Hell highlights the contributions of labor leaders both known and obscure, deftly connecting the struggles of the past to the present while proving that every story is a labor story when workers matter. " --Elizabeth Catte, historian and author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and Pure America: Eugenics and The Making of Modern Virginia

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal331.880973

SynopsisAn inclusive , character-driven, and deeply researched history of the American labor movement from Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly., 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, LGBTQIA 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 ).

LC Classification NumberHD8066.K455 2022