Labour Economics

In Labor's Love Lost, noted sociologist Andrew Cherlin offers a new historical assessment of the rise and fall of working-class families in America, demonstrating how momentous social and economic transformations have contributed to the collapse of this once-stable social class and what this seismic cultural shift means for the nation's future.

In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of black workers’ contribution to the American labor movement.

Want to recruit more members and contractors? Learn the vital skills and nuts and bolts you need to produce explosive growth for your union's future. Bigger Labor is the ultimate resource for building a more powerful Labor movement. Bigger Labor examines the components of the current construction organizing model and offers a more innovative approach. This book has enabled organizers to take back their industry, and it will show you the way too. You will discover how to Organize contractors. Recruit members. Maximize your time. Develop better listening skills.

Read by the author. "Her work is a movement. It’s transformative.” - Misty Copeland, American ballet dancer No one told you that becoming a mother would also mean becoming your baby’s lawyer. This book makes sure you’re a damn good one. Give your child the gift of a mother who knows her...

In this book, Arun Sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as "crowd-based capitalism" - a new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporate-centered model. As peer-to-peer commercial exchange blurs the lines between the personal and the professional, how will the economy, government regulation, what it means to have a job, and our social fabric be affected?