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From the beginnings: a prologue to a rational attempt to find ways for achieving peace, justice and abundance in a free world which will be presented at the opening of the 6th UAW-CIO International Education Conference, April 8th, 1954, Chicago, Illinois

Detroit: UAW-CIO, 1954. [6p.], staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes quotes from various historical personages and the Bible. More about From the beginnings: a prologue to a rational attempt to find ways for achieving peace, justice...

Cat.No: 211604

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How big is big business?

Washington: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1947. 47p., staplebound booklet, very good. Some cartoons, illustrated ad in back for a double-sided poster. Several cartoons noted as created by "Chan," possibly a Chinese-American artist. Pamphlet number 158. More about How big is big business?

Cat.No: 120137

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I'm not a free rider / 128 / OIL-CIO [pinback button]

San Francisco: Mfg. by Olivier Printing, for Oil Workers International Union local 128, [194-?]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, very good, manufacturer's address on the curl. "Free rider" refers to those who benefit from the union's activities but do not pay union dues. More about I'm not a free rider / 128 / OIL-CIO [pinback button

Cat.No: 237439

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[Postcard depicting plump, white-haired boss with worker on his knee, looking at a document together]

New York: CIO Political Action Committee, n.d. 3.5x5.5 inch postcard reproducing color painting, unsigned; perhaps Ben Shahn. The puppetlike "worker" could pass for Thomas E. Dewey, card may relate to the '48 election. More about Postcard depicting plump, white-haired boss with worker on his knee, looking at a document together

Cat.No: 131120

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Religion speaks to labor

Washington DC: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1955. [12p.], staplebound pamphlet, very good. More about Religion speaks to labor

Cat.No: 211598

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The steward's job in building your CIO

Washington: CIO Department of Education and Research, 1953. 56p., wraps, 4.5x6 inches. 10th printing. Publication no. 177. More about The steward's job in building your CIO

Cat.No: 110282

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The Tribunit. Vol. 1 No. 5 (February, 1939)

Chicago: Tribune Unite, Chicago Newspaper Guild, 1939. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, mimeographed front and back. Masthead designed to mimic the style of the Chicago Tribune. Headline stories include the firing of a veteran copyreader and formal union protests to judge G. Cleveland Niemeyer for his injunction against Chicago Newspaper Guild... More about The Tribunit. Vol. 1 No. 5 (February, 1939

Cat.No: 131201

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What's cooking, Joe?

Washington, DC: CIO Political Action Committee, [1947]. 4p., wraps; rubberstamp of California CIO research dept. on back cover. Cover shows family standing around large empty stew pot; asks workers to contribute to the PAC to support labor in the upcoming 1948 elections. More about What's cooking, Joe?

Cat.No: 131440

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Winning Grievances; A picture strip that illustrates winning grievance procedure

Detroit: UAW, [194-?]. Pamphlet. 73p., linedrawn sketches printed green, softbound in 5x3 inch red wraps; evenly toned, else very good. Undated, but the sample grievances included are dated 1945 and 1946. Publication number 189. More about Winning Grievances; A picture strip that illustrates winning grievance procedure

Cat.No: 210473

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Report of proceedings of the Fiftieth regular convention of the building and construction trades, AFL-CIO held at San Francisco, California September, 1959

AFL-CIO

Washington/San Francisco: AFL-CIO, 1959. 199p., roll call of delegates, proceedings, index, very good in cloth and gilt. More about Report of proceedings of the Fiftieth regular convention of the building and construction trades,...

Cat.No: 133457

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All - labor mass meeting! To fight anti-labor laws. Oakland Auditorium Arean, April 34rd - 8 p.m.

Alameda County Joint Labor Committee to Combat Anti-Labor Legislation.

Oakland, CA: Auspices AFL, CIO RR Brotherhoods, Independent Unions, Alameda County Joint Labor Committee to Combat Anti-Labor Legislation, 1947. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches printed on both sides, all text, creased with short closed tears, minor chipping on one edge, uneven browning, pen date - 1947 on both sides. More about All - labor mass meeting! To fight anti-labor laws. Oakland Auditorium Arean, April 34rd - 8 p.m

Cat.No: 218645

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John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography.

Alinsky, Saul

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., cover slightly edge worn, corners bumped, internally very good condition. More about John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography

Cat.No: 44351

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John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography.

Alinsky, Saul

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., frontis portrait, previous owner's bookplate on verso of half-title page and on dedication page, his stamp is on verso of title page. More about John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography

Cat.No: 214637

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Proceedings of Conference of International Representatives, A.F. of L. to consider tentative draft American Federation of Labor internal disputes plan. Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 1954

American Federation of Labor

[Washington, DC]: American Federation of Labor, 1954. Pamphlet. 41p., wraps, very good condition, 6x9 inches. Includes discussion of AFL / CIO interunion raiding. More about Proceedings of Conference of International Representatives, A.F. of L. to consider tentative...

Cat.No: 219111

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Report of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor to the seventy-fourth convention, New York, N.Y., December 1, 1955

American Federation of Labor

Washington: American Federation of Labor, 1955. 337p., wraps slightly worn, paper slightly browned. Includes discussion of the upcoming merger with the CIO. More about Report of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor to the seventy-fourth...

Cat.No: 99901

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Report of the proceedings of the seventy-third convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at Los Angeles, Calif., September 20 to 27, inclusive, 1954 [bound with] Report of the proceedings of the seventy-fourth convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at New York City, N.Y., December 1 and 2, 1955

American Federation of Labor

Washington: American Federation of Labor, 1955. xl, 638. xlviii, 462p., bound in olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In 1955 the AFL merged with the CIO. More about Report of the proceedings of the seventy-third convention of the American Federation of Labor,...

Cat.No: 99954

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Union security; the case against the "Right-to-Work" laws.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Washington: AFL-CIO, [1958]. ix, 133p., worn and scratched wraps, tables. More about Union security; the case against the "Right-to-Work" laws

Cat.No: 119659

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A.F. of L. vs. C.I.O., the record. Introduction by William Green

American Federation of Labor [and Congress of Industrial Organizations]

Washington: AFL, November 20, 1939. Pamphlet. 79p., wraps edge worn and chipped along the spine, pen marginalia (no underlining). More about A.F. of L. vs. C.I.O., the record. Introduction by William Green

Cat.No: 3739

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Walter Reuther and the rise of the auto workers

Barnard, John

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. viii, 236p., illus., worn dj. The library of American biography. More about Walter Reuther and the rise of the auto workers

Cat.No: 73994

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Union constitutions

Bromwich, Leo

New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1959. Pamphlet. 43p., wraps, tables, very good condition. More about Union constitutions

Cat.No: 2397

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When labor organizes

Brooks, Robert R.R.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. x, 361p., illus., third edition, revised, slightly shelfworn dj. More about When labor organizes

Cat.No: 25034

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A miner's life; an autobiography edited and supplemented by John O.P. Hall

Brophy, John

Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. Hardcover. xv, 320p., front., illus., worn dj price clipped with a tear and a faded spine. Leader of the UMWA and the CIO. More about A miner's life; an autobiography edited and supplemented by John O.P. Hall

Cat.No: 113

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As we win. [Report of the CIO Postwar Planning Committee]

Brophy, John, Clinton S. Golden and J. Raymond Walsh

Washington: Congress of Industrial Organizations, Department of Research & Education, 1944. Pamphlet. 31p., wraps, very good condition, later printing, 5x7.75 inches. CIO publication no. 98. CIO Postwar Planning Committee report no. 1. CIO facts for action. More about As we win. [Report of the CIO Postwar Planning Committee

Cat.No: 99506

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Fighting for social justice: the life story of David Burgess. Foreword by Bill Moyers

Burgess, David

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. 235p., first edition, inscribed and signed "To Arthur Lipow, from fellow fighter, David S.Burgess..." Very good condition in like dj. "After college he helped coal miners to build homes and organized sharecroppers and migrant workers as part of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. He... More about Fighting for social justice: the life story of David Burgess. Foreword by Bill Moyers

Cat.No: 215938

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Your rights under the California Disability Insurance Act

California CIO Council

San Francisco: Calfiornia CIO Council, [1946]. 8p., wraps, mimeographed addendum for 1947 laid in. More about Your rights under the California Disability Insurance Act

Cat.No: 164789

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