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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
466 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the 1950s, Ellie and Brick are teenagers in love. A basketball star, Brick could escape his abusive father and be the first person in his working-class family to go to college. But when Ellie becomes pregnant, they marry, she gives up her dream of nursing school, and Brick gets a union card instead. This riveting novel tells the story of three generations in a working-class family; especially Brick and Ellie's daughter Samantha. Illuminating issues...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 p.
Language
English
Description
The story of two dedicated women, a labor organizer and an immigrant laundry worker, coming together to spearhead an audacious campaign to unionize one of the most dangerous industries in one of the most anti-union states-Arizona-and offering a nuanced look at the modern-day labor movement and the future of workers' rights.
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2006
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital, Dolby processed ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.