What are some books someone interested in unions, labor organizing, and the history of the labor movement ought to read? And can you include links cause me lazy. by userdk3 Related: Literaturre from Ireland/U.K. Books where unsettling/new/unexpected customs and tribal groups emerge Classics/contemporary fiction from the German speaking region Books with a ocean setting (beach town, elements of surfing/free diving/ whales would be cool! ) A book that will blow my mind
scandalliances on January 5, 2026 12:51 am There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor by Hamilton Nolan A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly If you can’t copy and paste a title into a search engine, good luck actually reading a book.
PhotonWranglers on January 5, 2026 1:02 am Joe Hill-Wallace Stenger, Bloody Williamson-Paul Angle, Matewan Before the Massacre-Rebecca Bailey (also watch the movie called Matewan)
Final-Performance597 on January 5, 2026 1:21 am For fiction , try two books by John Steinbeck: In Dubious Battle The Grapes of Wrath
bornedbackwards on January 5, 2026 1:35 am Jess Walter – The Cold Millions Kristin Hannah – The Four Winds Both are pretty good novels that have characters involved in forming unions.
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There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray
The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor by Hamilton Nolan
A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis
Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly
If you can’t copy and paste a title into a search engine, good luck actually reading a book.
Joe Hill-Wallace Stenger, Bloody Williamson-Paul Angle, Matewan Before the Massacre-Rebecca Bailey (also watch the movie called Matewan)
For fiction , try two books by John Steinbeck:
In Dubious Battle
The Grapes of Wrath
Upton SInclair’s The Jungle.
Jess Walter – The Cold Millions
Kristin Hannah – The Four Winds
Both are pretty good novels that have characters involved in forming unions.