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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results123 Connexions Library8 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 6 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAh-Hah!: A New Approach to Popular Education  Book 1983 AH-HAH seminars are designed to organize groups of comman interests, especially workers, to come to a common understanding.
All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine Work, Revised and Updated Edition Garson, Barbara Book 1994 Already in Hell: Labor After Communism: Against The Current vol. 118 Windau, George Article 2005 Factory workers in the former Soviet Union have a saying: “Things can’t get any worse, we are already in hell.” David Mandel’s book Labour After Communism documents the realities of working-class life... The American Socialist Movement: 1897-1912 Kipnis, Ira Book 1952 A history of the American Socialist Party, which at its height had over 150,000 dues-paying members, published hundreds of newspapers, and won almost a million votes for its presidential candidate. The American Working Class in Historical Persepctive Glaberman, Martin Article 1973 A review of Jeremy Brecher's Strike! (See CX6590) Angels of the Workplace: Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940 Steedman, Mercedes Book 1997 Examines how the intricate weaving together of the meanings of class, gender, ethnicity, family, and the workplace created a job ghetto for women. Detailing the disparities between men and women in te... At the Lenin Shipyards: Poland and the Rise of the Solidarity Trade Union Persky, Stan Book 1981 A first-hand account of the rise of the Solidarity trade union in Poland. Auto worker says automation creates worker alienation Diemer, Ulli Article 1974 It is only struggle, says Martin Glaberman, that creates an awareness of collective strength. The Blue-Collar Hellscape of the Startup Industry Tvetten, Julianne Article 2017 The tactics and work environments at tech companies, including Amazon, show a disregard for the fundamental health, safety and humanity of low-tier workers, demonstrating what laissez-faire startup-st... The burden of slavery: New Internationalist August 2001 - #337 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2001 Discusses a brief history of slavery in different parts of the world, and its existence in the presence. Outlines ways for people and the government can contribute to end slavery. Cambodia: Labor and the Coup Phillips, Joshua E.S.; Robinson, Ian Article 1998 IN THE FACE of a repressive and dangerous environment, workers are on the move in Cambodia. Though Americans heard little about it, the emergence of an independent labor movement was one of the most p... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Chinese Workers' Resistance: Against The Current vol. 111 Diamond, Norm Article 2004 Norm Diamond interviews Tim Pringle, who lives in Hong Kong, where he participates as an observer and also as a member of the editorial board of the Chinese-language magazine Globalization Monitor. Coal in Our Blood: 200 Years of coal mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County Ryan, Judith Hoegg Book 1992 An account of the coal mining community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Combatting Racism in the Workplace: A Course for Workers Thomas, Barb; Novogrodsky, Charles Book 1983 With the ultimate aim of combatting racism within the labour movement, the Cross Cultural Communication Centre, under the auspices of the Humber Collage for Labour Studies, ran a ten-week, 30 hour pil... Common Sense for Hard Times: The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday life and Transform Society in The Nineteen Seventies Brecher, Jeremy; Costello, Tim Book 1976 Presents a vision of society as it is and as it could be. Putting the problems of contemporary daily life in historical perspective, it reveals that they have their roots in the way our society is org... Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 7, Number 2 - May 1982 - Canada-Latin America/Le Canada-L'Amerique Latine Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Labour and Unions Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on labour and unions. Connexions Library: Work Focus Page Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on work. Cooperation at Work: The Mondragon Experience Bradley, Keith; Gelb, Alan Book 1983 A guide to work co-operatives, based on the experience of the Mondragon group of co-operatives in Spain. The Corrosion of Character Sennet, Richard Book 2000 Richard Sennett explores the myth of efficiency in the new business order. This is a book about people who went through being downsized in their work. This is the New Capitalism- All Human Character ... Cultures of Solidarity: Consciousness, Action, and Contemporary American Workers Fantasia, Rick Book 1989 In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of American working-class consciousness and collective action. Down To Earth People: Beyond Class Reductionism and Postmodernism Secombe, Wallace; Livingstone, David W. Book 1999 Working class women and men offer their analysis of the world today and its multi-dimensional inequalities.
The East York Workers' Association: A Response to the Great Depression Schulz, Patricia V. Book 1975 An account of the activity of relief recipients in the township of East York, an eastern suburb of Toronto, in the 1930s. The Export of Philippine Women Aguilar, Delia D. Article 1997 Principles of social justice are clearly not served by applauding a system that prides itself in an increased GNP at the same time that it farms out its women to be servants of the world. General Strike France 1968: A factory-by-factory account Hoyles, Andree Book 1969 Andre Hoyles analyses the development, organisation and end of the mass strike in France, 1968, with reference to case studies of particular factories. Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... Getting There: Producing Photostories With Immigrant Women Barndt, Deborah, Cristall, Ferne, Marino, Dian Book 1983 Photostories about immigrant women surviving in and adapting to a new culture.
The Ghost of Anarcho-Syndicalism Bookchin, Murray Article 1992 The danger of modern anarchists of falling into the trap of anarcho-syndicalism. Glaberman, Martin - Writings - Index Glaberman, Martin Article Writings of Martin Glaberman (1918-2001). Global Labor: Socialist Register 2001: Book review Fletcher, Bill Jr. Article 2001 For all intents and purposes, I discovered the Socialist Register during the early '90s. When I say "discovered" I, of course, do not mean that I was the first to come across it. Rather, having heard ... The Greater Toronto Workers Assembly: A Hopeful Experiment Rosenfeld, Herman Article 2011 We are living in a kind of transitional era, where the old forms of working class organization and politics are sorely in need of a replacement, and the theoretical and practical bases of those replac... The Hand That Feeds Lears, Rachel; Blotnick, Robin Film/Video 2015 A documentary portraying 12 undocumented immigrants who face an uphill battle and the threat of deportation when they take on the popular restaurant in New York City where they work. HERstory: Jeritan Ho Wing Yin, Cecilia (Director) Film/Video 2009 A story of Indonesian female migrant workers who left their homes to work as domestic helpers in Macao, China, a community consisting of mainly Chinese as well as a city of casinos and entertainment p... The Hidden Injuries of Class Sennett, Richard; Cobb, Jonathon Book 1966 Sennett and Cobb look at human relations between people of different classes and analyze everyday life and ordinary situations to identify class signals that make people feel inadequate. How the Unions Killed the Working Class Movement Stratman, Dave Article 2006 An analysis of how the vertical integration of unions disempowers workers and forces them to use captilist systems such as courts instead of relying on friendship and solidarity. Immigrant Workers in the United States (Part 1): Against The Current vol. 127 Moody, Kim Article 2007 The rise of mass immigration in much of the developed world began its acceleration with the global economic crisis of the 1970s. A deepening crisis of profitability; the collapse of the Bretton Woods ... The Informal Work Group Weir, Stan Article 1973 Stan Weir on some of his life experiences at work and what he saw as the "the only organizational form opposed to formal bureaucracies which cannot be captured by them", the informal work group. Invisible Force: Women Workers in Pakistan Gazdar, Aisha (Director) Film/Video 2007 Millions of women workers in Pakistan remain unaccounted for in official figures. Even those who are in the formal workforce face problems like lower wages for the same work as men and sexual harrasme... Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?: Sources News Release Article 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Israel's Arab Women Workers Need Not Apply Cook, Jonathan Article 2009 Israel's private sector is almost entirely closed to Arab women because of discriminatory practices by employers. Just a Matter of Gloves Weir, Stan Article An account of a work stoppage over the issue of gloves being supplied in a factory. Just Another Car Factory?: Lean Production and Its Discontents Huxley, Chris; Rinehart, James; Robertson, David Book 1997 Just Around the Corner: The Paradox of the Jobless Recovery Aronowitz, Stanley Book 2005 Aronowitz details how U.S. capitalism has achieved higher profits at the expense of the quality and quantity of jobs, and contradicts the ideological justifications that seek to justify deteriorating ... Keep Out: The case for open borders: New Internationalist October 2002 - #350 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2002 A look at refugees and the challenges they face. Discussion of how the refugee experience differs in different parts of the world. The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... Life After Death for Labor? Cohen, David Book 2015 A review of Stanley Aronowitz's book "The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement." The Life and Resistance of a Chinese Worker Ren, Hao; Li, Zhongjin; Friedman, Eli Article 2016 Under China's labour management system, independent unionism is strictly banned, and the state's official trade union body monopolizes worker representation. That means that all of China’s 806,498,521... Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. Marx and the Working Class Wheen, Francis Article 1999 Francis Wheen's 1999 biography of Marx, from which this is extracted, painted a warts-and-all portrait which shatters all the romantic and orthodox-Marxist idealisations of the founder of modern commu... A Marxist History of the World part 77 World Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In the five years after the First World War, revolutionary contagion spread around the world. It showed the extraordinary possibilities that arise when the masses become active in making their own his... The Maximum Wage: A Common-Sense Prescription for Revitalizing America---by Taxing the Very Rich Pizzigati, Sam Book 1992 The author traces the history of attempts to limit incomes and proposes the adoption of a maximum wage to revitalize American economy. Migration: Changing the World Arnold, Guy Book 2011 The author discusses the increasing trend of migration in the modern world, its causes and effects, and peoples and governments responses. Militant as Hell on the Waterfront: The Political Thought of Stan Weir Article 2007 New Beginnings looks at the life of workplace militant and writer, Stan Weir. Monographs on the Portuguese Article 1975 A collection of analytical essays on the Portugese immigrant community in Toronto. The New Left in Canada Roussopoulos, Dimitrios Book 1970 A book of essays on the 1960s New Left in Canada, by members of the New Left. New York's Latino Workers Center Moody, Kim Article 1996 By organizing around both "labor" and "social" issues-and seeking to transcend this distinction-workers' centers can integrate a variety of unifying issues into their efforts to build an organization ... Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America Ehrenreich, Barbara Book 2001 Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them, inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any... Notes from a Revolution Dying: Against The Current vol. 134 Pirani, Simon Article 2008 In June 1922, five years on from the Russian Revolution, a group of Moscow communists gathered to discuss a letter by Vladimir Petrzhek, an auto worker, tendering his resignation from the communist (o... On Unions and the Class Struggle Article 1969 Written during the wave of workers' struggles known as the Italian hot autumn of 1969, when the autonomous struggles of the working class reached an unprecedented level, laying bare the character and ... On workplace organisation Article 1997 A look at the exchange between Stan Weir and Sam Friedman on workplace organisation. Organizing Unions Cornish, Mary; Spink, Lynn Book 1994 How to form or build a union. Shows how to strength organizing drives by responding to the concerns of all workers, including women, immigrant workers, people of colour, workers with disabilities, leb... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2015: Eduardo Galeano, Latin America, the Vietnam War Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 In this issue of Other Voices, we mark the death of Eduardo Galeano by featuring two of his books, as well as an article about his life and work. Galeano once wrote that he was "obsessed with remember... Out of Africa: A Migrant's Story: New Internationalist June 2005 - #379 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2005 An issue on the story of a nurse's return back to Kenya and the reason why she has worked so far away from home. Also, a discussion on a widespread crisis in international healthcare and the human co... Out of the Driver's Seat: Marxism in North America Today Article 1974 Outlines the political perspective of the Windsor-based Labour Centre in the wake of divisions in the Centre in 1974. Issues explored include the nature of the working class, women in the working clas... The Politics of Urban Liberation Schecter, Stephen Book 1978 A broad-ranging study which covers the political economy of the urban question and the importance of the city in the history of social revolution. Schechter's evaluation of libertarian insurgency high... Portugal: The Impossible Revolution? Mailer, Phil, Book 1977 The story of what happened in Portugal between April 25, 1974 and November 25, 1975, as seen and felt by a deeply committed participant. Rank and File Networks: A Way to Fight Concessions Weir, Stan Article 1983 Suggests rank and file networks to fight workplace closings and to circumvent the official unions. Rank and File: Personal Histories of Working Class Organizers Lynd, Alice; Lynd, Staughton (eds.) Book 1973 A collection of stories and recollections from labour movement organizers. Red Menace #4: Volume 3, Number 1 - Winter 1979 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 A Libertarian Socialist Newsletter Rediscovering Two Labor Intellectuals Early, Steve Article 2004 Steve Early reviews collections of writings by Martin Glaberman and Stain Weir. Report from Dubai: Against The Current vol. 131 Francis, Vicky Article 2007 Dubai — This gulf emirate is shaping up into a key tourist destination. For golf, luxury hotels and high-end shopping, it is firmly established as a key player in the Middle East region. Dubai’s geogr... Resistance in China Today Yu, Au Loong; Ruixue, Bai Article 2012 Cases of Resistance in China continue to grow. Protests both large and small are extremely frequent. These range from workers’ protests against unpaid wages and demands for labor rights to protests ag... The Role of the Individual and the Group in the Creation of Work Cultures Weir, Stan Article 1980 Stan Weir compares wildcat strikes in Poland and San Diego and their basis in the 'informal work group'. Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1981 Part I - Rosa Luxemburg as Theoretician, as Activist, as Internationalist. Part II - The Women's Liberation Movement as Revolutionary Force and Reason. Part III - Karl Marx: From Critic of Hegel to Au... 6 Floors to Hell Efrat, Johnathon Ben (Director) Film/Video 2008 On the outskirts of Tel Aviv, in an underground world, live hundreds of Palestinian workers sleep in this hell in order to find a day's work in Israel and bring money home to their families in the Wes... Slavery still shackles Mauritania, 31 years after its abolition Mark, Monica Article 2012 Rigid caste system and ruling elite have enabled a centuries-old practice to continue into the 21st century. Socialism and Revolution Gorz, Andre Book 1967 Representative democracy in every industrially advanced country is in a state of profound crisis. But we have been accustomed for so long to accept democracy in the form of its outward appearances and... The Socialist Register 1975: Volume 12: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Socialist Register 1991: Volume 27: Communist Regimes the Aftermath Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Spanish Dock Workers Build Union Without Bureaucrats Fitz, Don Article 1989 Containerization has devastated port labor throughout the world. Spanish struggles over containerization have been unique becausea "socialist" government has spearheaded port reorganization and it has... Spontaneity and Organization: Some Comments Montgomery, David Article 1973 A contribution to a symposium on Jeremy Brecher's book Strike!
Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. Strikes, List of: Connexipedia Article Article The following is a list of deliberate absence from work related to specific working conditions (strikes) or due to general unhappiness with the political order (general strikes). A Tale of Two Offices Farragher, Elaine Article 1977 Daily life and offices politics viewed through the experience of working in two libraries with very different management styles. Traces of Magma: An Annotated Bibliography of Left Literature Knight, Rolf Book 1983 An annotated bibliography of left wing novels which deal with the lives of working people during the twentieth century. A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 Slaughter, Jane (ed.) Book A manual for workers who want to take control over their lives at work. In hundreds of first-person accounts, workers tell in their own words how they organized and struggled to do that. Unions and Free Trade: Solidarity vs. Competition Moody, Kim; McGuinn, Mary Book 1992 This handbook details the effects of free trade on workers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It argues that solidarity, not competition, is the only long-term strategy for unions. It includes case studi... Unions with Leaders Who Stay on the Job (a.k.a. Class War Lessons) Weir, Stan Article Stan Weir writes about direct action and on-the-job union leadership as a merchant marine in the 1940s. Vincenzo Pietropaolo: Witness to the Harvest Pilgrims UFCW Canada (Director) Film/Video 2009 Vincenzo Pietropaolo has documented the story of Mexican migrant workers over a number of years. This is a brief look into that story. We Are Wisconsin Williams, Amie Film/Video 2012 When a Republican Governor’s bill threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six (extra)ordinary citizens join the growing protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and spend the n... Worker activism is now the new normal as strikes and protests erupt across China Article 2015 China Labour Bulletin’s Strike Map logged record numbers of strikes and worker protests in the first quarter of 2015. Worker-Student Action Committees France May '68 Gregoire, R.; Perlman, F. Book 1969 An account of the May-June 1968 events in Paris. The authors state that "our intention is not to 'clarify' the sequence of events which took place in France in order to make possible a ritual repetiti... The Workers' Party and Political Crisis in Brazil: Lula at a Crossroads?: Against The Current vol. 123 Baiocchi, Gianpaolo Article 2006 In June 2005, the first allegations of a rogue politician in a rightwing party in coalition with Brazil's governing Workers' Party (PT) seemed spurious enough. The politician himself, Roberto Jefferso... Workers Profiles: Below the Minimum Wage Jaffri, Sara and Singh, Harshita Article 2016 An endless supply of alcohol, good music, pool tables, and friendly strangers -- these elements seem like a recipe for a fun time. For those of us who frequent bars and pubs, this kind of environment ... Working -- and Not-Working -- at the Post Office Article 1974 An essay written by a young postal worker in Toronto, Canada. Working-Class History: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article The story of the changing conditions and actions of all working people. Working in a supermarket Anonymous Article 1979 Observations on working as a carry-out in a supermarket. Working in an office -- for a while Article 1978 The first thing that strikes one about working in this particular office is how little actual work ever gets done. Working in Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935 Heron, Craig Book 1988 Examines the huge steel plants that were built at the turn of the twentieth century in Sydney and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and Trenton, Hamilton, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Emphasizes the importa... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAgainst the Current Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. Break Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. Labor Notes Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
Through our magazine, website, books, conf... Marxists Internet Archive Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
News and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Prole.info "Prole" is short for "proletarian" a word used by Karl Marx to describe the working class under capitalism. We are all the people in this society who do not own property or a business we can make mone... Red Menace, The The online archive of the libertarian socialist newsletter The Red Menace. Articles on socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, h... Workers Solidarity Alliance Workers Solidarity Alliance is an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian organization of activists who believe that working people can build a new society and a better world based on the principles of so... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryOn Workers in A Lean World Moody, Kim 1999 IN HIS GENERALLY positive review of my Workers in a Lean World (ATC 78, January-February 1999), Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval accuses me of "too many broad generalizations," of dismissing globalization as... From the Connexions ArchivesAgainst the Current Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. Cleaners' Action Newsletter Periodical profile published 1979 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Cleaner's Action is a monthly newspaper published in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Marxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. The Newsletter Periodical profile Serial Publication (Periodical) 1973 Newsletter published in 1973 and 1974 by the New Tendency, a loose collaboration of independent leftists primarily based in Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Articles dealt with work... The Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... |
