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Fighting union busters in a Carolina carpet mill : an organizer's memoir / by Cohen, Phil,author.(CARDINAL)853158;
Part 1. The campaign -- pt. 2. The case unfolds -- pt. 3. Aftermath."In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company. The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The union's only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for political bias to surmount. This memoir, infused with dry wit and insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation's union-busting epidemic, thrusting readers into the tumultuous environment of a union hall in crisis"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Cohen, Phil.; Mohawk Industries.; Workers United.; Rug and carpet industry; Union busting;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Southern stories [videorecording] : two short films / by Harrill, Paul.ausdrt.; Levin, Jessica.pro.; Hubbard, Amy.act.; Faison, Frankie.act.(CARDINAL)344928; Gerwig, Greta.act.; Stein, Jason von.act.; Dwyer, David.act.; Gould, Bonnie.act.; Corapi, Tony.cng.; Anderson, Seth.flm.; Aperture Films.; Independent Television Service.(CARDINAL)219292; Lovell Films.; Next Wednesday (Firm);
Gina, an actress, age 29 (2001, 22 min.) -- Quick feet, soft hands (2008, 26 min.)Gina, an actress, age 29: Aperture ; Lovell Films ; Next Wednesday ; writer, director, Paul Harrill ; producer, Jessica Levin ; director of photography, Tony Corapi ; editor, Seth E. Anderson.Quick feet, soft hands: Lovell Films ; ITVS ; writer, director, Paul Harrill ; director of photography, Tony Corapi ; editor, Seth Anderson.Gina, an actress, age 29: Amy Hubbard, Frankie Faison, David Dwyer, Bonnie Gould.Quick feet, soft hands: Greta Gerwig, Jason Von Stein.Gina, an actress, age 29: A budding young actress finally gets her first job, helping to bust a union-organizing effort.Quick feet, soft hands: A young couple pursuing the American dream runs into problems with a batting slump threatens the prospects of a minor league ballplayer.DVD; NTSC; region-free; 1.78:1 aspect ratio.Gina, an actress, age 29: Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking, 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Subjects: Short films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Actresses; Man-woman relationships; Baseball players; Working class;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / by Levinson, Marc.(CARDINAL)196134;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-363) and index.The world the box made -- Gridlock on the docks -- The trucker -- The system -- The battle for New York's port -- Union disunion -- Setting the standard -- Takeoff -- Vietnam -- Ports in a storm -- Boom and bust -- The bigness complex -- The shippers' revenge -- Just in time.Telling the story of the shipping container's creation - and the economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about - this book offers a history of the revolution in international trade which ultimately heralded the age of globalization.
Subjects: McLean, Malcolm Purcell, 1913-2001.; Containerization; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / by Levinson, Marc,author.(CARDINAL)196134;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The world the box made -- Gridlock on the docks -- The trucker -- The system -- The battle for New York's port -- Union disunion -- Setting the standard -- Takeoff -- Vietnam -- Ports in a storm -- Boom and bust -- The bigness complex -- The shippers' revenge -- Just in time -- Adding value.
Subjects: McLean, Malcolm Purcell, 1913-2001.; Containerization;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Uncle Rico's encore : mostly true stories of Filipino Seattle / by Bacho, Peter,Author(DLC)n 85035686 ;
"From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-born children faced more subtle forms of racism, such as the low expectations of teachers and counselors in the public school system. In this collection of autobiographical essays, acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Peter Bacho centers the experiences of the Pinoy generation that grew up in Seattle's multiethnic neighborhoods, from the Central Area to Beacon Hill to Rainier Valley. He recounts intimate moments of everyday life: fishing with marshmallows at Madison Beach, playing bruising games of basketball at Madrona Park, and celebrating with his uncles in Chinatown as hundreds of workers returned from Alaska canneries in the fall. He also relates vivid stories of defiance and activism, including resistance to the union-busting efforts of the federal government in the 1950s and organizing for decent housing and services for elders in the 1970s. Sharing a life inextricably connected to his community and the generation that came before him, this memoir is a tribute to Filipino Seattle"--.
Subjects: Bacho, Peter.; Filipino American authors; Filipino Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Axle Bust Creek / by Shirley, John,1953-author.(CARDINAL)743986;
Gold fever. Blood Fever. From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he's found work as a peacekeeper and prospector--the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger. Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests--even while catching Cleve's eye. To reclaim his uncle's mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn't room for both men in a town like Axle Bust.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Gold mines and mining;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Illegal people : how globalization creates migration and criminalizes immigrants / by Bacon, David,1948-(CARDINAL)462628;
Includes bibliographical references.Making work a crime: Merry Christmas, you're fired -- How the housekeepers saw it -- The Smithfield raids: overt union-busting -- Why did we come?: Flight from Oaxaca -- Battles in the mines -- Displacement and migration: Forcing people into the migrant stream -- The Sensebrenner family business -- Migrant labor: an indispensable part of a global system -- The profitability of undocumented labor -- Fast track to the past: Not enough workers! -- Modern-day braceros -- How corporations won the debate on immigration reform -- Which side are you on?: Paolo Freire on LA's mean streets -- Los Angeles: class war's Ground Zero -- The story of Ana Martinez -- Immigration enforcement becomes a weapon to stop unions -- Operation vanguard -- Immigrant workers ask labor: "Which side are you on?" -- Blacks + immigrants + unions = power: Mississippi battleground -- Katrina: window on a nightmare -- The common ground of jobs and rights -- Remedy the past's injustice -- People in the streets want more -- Illegal people or illegal work? -- Illegal means not European and not white -- Fighting second-class status -- Silicon Valley's high-tech sweatshops -- "What future for our children?" -- Whose New World Order?: High skills and low salaries -- From guest worker to German citizen -- Suppressing asylum seekers while promoting "managed migration" -- Mode 4 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrants -- Transnational communities: a new definition of citizenship.
Subjects: Foreign workers; Foreign workers; Globalization; Globalization; Labor policy; Labor movement; Labor unions; Noncitizens; Illegal immigration;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Steal this university : the rise of the corporate university and the academic labor movement / by Johnson, Benjamin Heber.(CARDINAL)433041; Kavanagh, Patrick,1972-(CARDINAL)265590; Mattson, Kevin,1966-(CARDINAL)265589;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.1430L
Subjects: Universities and colleges; College teachers' unions; Education, Higher; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Axle Bust Creek [large print] / by Shirley, John,1953-author.(CARDINAL)743986;
"From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he's found work as a peacekeeper and prospector--the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger. Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests-even while catching Cleve's eye. To reclaim his uncle's mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn't room for both men in a town like Axle Bust."--
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Large print books.; Gold mines and mining;
Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 21
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The Life history of the United States / by Graff, Henry F.(Henry Franklin),1921-2020.(CARDINAL)152085;
Includes bibliographies and indexes. --v. 1 Morris, R.B. Before 1775 : The New World.--v 2. Morris, R.B. 1775-1789 : The making of a nation.--v. 3 Coit, M.L. 1789-1829 : The growing years.--v.4 Coit, M.L. 1829-1849: The sweep westward.--v. 5 Williams, T.H. 1849-1865: The Union sundered.--v. 6 Williams, T.H. 1861-1876: The Union restored.--v. 7 Weisberger, B.A. 1877-1890: Steel and Steam.--v. 8 Weisberger, B.A. 1890-1901: Reaching for empire. --v. 9. May, E. R. 1901-1917: the Progressive era.--v. 10. May, E. R. 1917-1932: boom and bust.--v. 11 Leuchetenburg, W.W. 1933-1945: New Deal and war.--v. 12 Leuchtenburg, W.E. From 1945: The great age of change.
© [19], Time-Life Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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