This week in North Philly Notes, we focus on our new and forthcoming Labor Studies titles in honor of Labor Day.
Workforce Development
The Many Futures of Work reframes the conversation about contemporary workplace experience by providing both “top down” and “bottom up” analyses.
America in the 20thcentury
Becoming Entitled examines Americans’ shift in thinking about government social insurance programs during the Great Depression.
Communists and Community shows what role Communists played in the advancement of social democracy.
Elaine Black Yoneda (forthcoming) presents a critical biography of the Jewish labor activist and feminist pioneer.
Industrial histories
“A Road to Peace and Freedom” recounts the history of the International Workers Order.
From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging analyzes the expansion and restriction of collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Social justice and social welfare
Motherlands challenges preconceived notions of the states that support working mothers.
Labor economics
Daily Labors and its examination of Black and Latino day laborers’ experience on an NYC street corner.
Sociology of work
A Collective Pursuit argues that teachers’ unions are working in community to reinvigorate the collective pursuit of reforms beneficial to both educators and public education.
Policing in Natural Disasters shows how disaster work impacts law enforcement officers and first responders.
Making Their Days Happen (forthcoming) explores the complexities of the interpersonal dynamics and policy implications affecting personal assistance service consumers and providers.
For all of our Labor Studies
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