Creed and pledges of the "majority" of organized "right-to-work" advocates
n.pl. n.pub, c1956. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 6x9 inches; slight edgewear, else in very good condition. Pro- right-to-work pamphlet. More
Cat.No: 297465
Union busting
Danger on the Production Front: General Motors' Position on Important Problems Affecting the Entire Country
[Detroit]: General Motors, [1945]. Pamphlet. [8]p. including covers, stapled wraps, 8.5x12 inches, fold-creased, staples rusted, wraps lightly worn, 0.25 inch closed tear through all pages, else good condition. Against the UAW strike. More
Cat.No: 283763
For CWA Convention Delegates Elect the Militant Action Slate
npl: Militant Action Caucus, c1980. Handbill. [2p]., 8.5x14 inch handbill; middle fold, else very good. Anti-union busting campaign led by the Militant Action Caucus. More
Cat.No: 307531
Industry Believes: Association Policies Adopted by the Board - Resolutions Passed at 51st Annual Congress of American Industry
New York: National Association of Manufacturers, [1947]. Pamphlet. 21p., stapled wraps, 3x5 inches, date penciled on verso of front wrap, staples rusted, small rust stain on rear wrap, else very good condition. Resolutions in favor of the outlawing of secondary and sympathy strikes, the end of wartime price controls, free..... More
Cat.No: 279716
Journal of American History; Volume LI, No. 1-4, June 1964 - March 1965
no pl. Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1964-1965. Hardcover. 849p., hardcover, 7x10 inches + 2.5 inches thick; four volumes of the quarterly journal rebound by library, minor soil on bottom edge from shelwear, else in very good condition. Some topics of interest include racial intolerance in the 1920s, the Communist Party..... More
Cat.No: 278362
Know your real enemy [handbill]
Oakland: Anti-Imperialist Coalition, [c1969]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; slightly edgeworn, unevenly toned. Propaganda piece protesting the International Industrial Conference taking place in San Francisco in 1969. More
Cat.No: 308824
A Message to Lukens Employees and their families: What Wants To Organize YOU? Published because it is of general interest to the people of Coatesville
Coatesville, PA: Lukens Steel Company, [c1937]. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 3.75x9 inches, small spot of toning on front panel, else very good condition. Warns workers of "professional labor agitators" headed by John L. Lewis and the CIO. More
Cat.No: 297964
To the people of San Francisco: Fight the cutbacks, Stop union busting
San Francisco: Rank and File Caucus, MUNI; Northern California Alliance, etc. [1976]. Pamphlet. 4-page brochure, 7x8.5 inches; in very good condition. Blames the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Moscone for forcing city workers to go on strike; list of endorsers includes Claude Marks, then of KPFA, later on the FBI's..... More
Cat.No: 168141
United Farmworkers Boycott Purex [handbill]
New York: United Farm Worker's Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, nd. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314273
Who is the bo$$?
Berkeley: Berkeley Committee Against Imperialism, c1969. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; faintly handled, very good condition. Call to protest the International Industrial Conference in San Francisco c1969. More
Cat.No: 309104
Is this any way to run an airline?
New York: Corporate Campaign, National Headquarters, [1981?]. Six panel brochure, illus., full panel chart, 4x9 inches, very good condition. Attack on Frank Lorenzo & Robert Carney of Texas International Airlines and New York Air for their attempts to break the union. More
Cat.No: 220329
Remember, brother? 1919 ... They're at it again! 1947 / All - labor mass meeting! To fight anti-labor laws. Oakland Auditorium Arena, April 3rd - 8 p.m. [handbill]
Oakland, CA: Auspices AFL, CIO RR Brotherhoods, Independent Unions, Alameda County Joint Labor Committee to Combat Anti-Labor Legislation, 1947. Handbill. 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
Cat.No: 218645
Red Labor Marches in Mexico. Reprinted from October, 1938 issue of Mill & Factory
New York: Mill & Factory, 1938. Staplebound. 31, [1]pp., illustrations, wraps. 11.75 x 9 in. Ink stamp on front cover: M. Rovner. “Today, Mexico is the backdoor threat to American democracy.” Anti-communist piece denouncing leftism in Mexico, linking it to left tendencies in the US. The Cardenas administration, labor unions..... More
Cat.No: 304802
Communism in labor.
Washington DC: GPO, 1958. Pamphlet. 40p., wraps, minor wear else very good condition. Corporate author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws. Eighty-fifth Congress, second session. Berfield worked at Sylvania Electric Corp., in Emporium..... More
Cat.No: 244759
Fightback against the employer offensive
Sydney: Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation, 1987. Pamphlet. 68p., 4.5x6.5 inch wraps; photos., illus., tables, graphs, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 297522
When Miners March
Oakland: PM Press, 2010. Paperback. 407p., 6x9 inches, wraps, very good condition. Story of the militant miners' "Red Neck Army" and Battle of Blair Mountain and related armed labor struggles during the 1920s in West Virginia. More
Cat.No: 146163
The "perfect crime" of Mr. Taft and Mr. Hartley
[San Francisco?]: the Council, 1947. Pamphlet. 44, [ii]p., wraps a bit soiled with an old grease pencil price on front wrap else good condition, 4x6.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 58227
The "perfect crime" of Mr. Taft and Mr. Hartley
[San Francisco?]: the Council, 1947. Pamphlet. 44, [ii]p., yellow wraps, 6.5x4 inches, a clean sound copy that was prepared for use with the addition of a utilitarian sur-cover in nice brown paper with a white adhesive spine and stitching. The stitches have loose ends but are secure. A discarded duplicate..... More
Cat.No: 299692
A Friendly Word to Union Labor
New York: Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1943. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure (3 panels with text, one blank), 5.5x8.5 inches, minor toning and creasing, else good condition. The Chamber opposes the closed shop, dues check-off and calls for government supervision of union elections. More
Cat.No: 220156
Building More Effective Unions, Second Edition
Ithaca: ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2009. Paperback. xiii, 212p., wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 273090
The yellow dog contract
New York: International Pamphlets, 1932. Pamphlet. 15, [1]p., wraps. 7.25 x 5 in. Front cover foxed. Good. International Pamphlets no. 21. “The yellow dog contract is an agreement the company forces each individual worker to sign, on the penalty of not getting the job (or if he already has the..... More
Cat.No: 73027
To break a union; the messenger, the state and the NGA
Manchester: Booklist Ltd., 1984. Paperback. 208p., pictorial wraps; photos., illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 319013
Why we fight Communism
London: Economic League, 1937. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 7.25x10 inches, paper toned, horizontally creased else good condition. Economic League 1937 series no. 8. Group best known for maintaining a blacklist of radicals for employers. More
Cat.No: 270825
The Fur and Leather Workers Union: a story of dramatic struggles and achievements
Newark: Nordan Press, 1950. Hardcover. 708p., illus., blue-cloth boards, 0.75 inch closed tear on half-title, previous owner's name penned on title page, else good condition. No dj. "The history of the only openly communist-controlled labor union in the country..." *Seidman F178. More
Cat.No: 288447
The Fur and Leather Workers Union; a story of dramatic struggles and achievements.
Newark: Nordan Press, 1950. Hardcover. 708p., illus, blue-cloth boards, light rubberstamp on publishers blank, minor chip on spine dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. "The history of the only openly communist-controlled labor union in the country..." *Seidman F178. More
Cat.No: 765