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2) Germinal
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
During the Second Empire, Etienne Lantier experiences the miserable life of the coal miners in northern France and enters the struggle between capital and labor.
5) Riot
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
When his father engages in vandalism against non-union employees, Bryan, a sixth-grader, must decide whether to accept his father's actions or do what he believes is right.
7) Germinal
Author
Series
Language
Français
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Description
"Germinal" est un roman célèbre d'Émile Zola publié au XIXe siècle. L'histoire se déroule dans le Nord de la France pendant la Révolution industrielle et suit la vie d'Étienne Lantier, un jeune mineur qui s'oppose à l'exploitation des travailleurs par les propriétaires des mines. Le livre dépeint les conditions de travail éprouvantes des mineurs, ainsi que les tensions entre les travailleurs et les propriétaires des mines. Étienne Lantier...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her job takes her to Newport, Rhode Island, traveling secretary and intrepid sleuth Hattie Davish finds herself in the middle of a labor dispute that results in the murder of the town's wealthiest resident, forcing her to employ her keen skills of detection to catch a killer amongst the town's gentry. Original.
Publisher
NBTV Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Traces the events that led 25,000 employees and 2 million customers across New England to stand behind embattled CEO Arthur T. Demoulas and wrest control of a multibillion dollar grocery empire from an activist board of directors led by Artie T.'s cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas. A vivid and thorough portrayal of the most memorable labor protest in recent American history, We the People investigates a question at the heart of ongoing economic debate:...
Publisher
Fox Hollow Features
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What started as a family feud turned into the largest non-union labor walkout in US history. In the summer of 2014, a firestorm within a New England supermarket chain sparked a corporate drama that Esquire called 'the last stand for the middle class.' The story of the battle to save a grocery store, and about the power of ordinary, passionate people to rewrite corporate history." --
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In September of 1934, striking workers in Rhode Island fought a week-long street battle against the Rhode Island National Guard in the tiny mill village of Saylesville. Two workers were killed and dozens seriously wounded when Rhode Island Governor T.F. Green ordered the soldiers to restore order. But the facts leading up to the Saylesville Massacre are murky at best. The Battle of the Gravestones & the Saylesville Massacre of 1934 explains why the...
13) Over and under
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1979, Andy and Tom are two fourteen-year-old boys -best friends, expert cave explorers, and crack shots with their Springfield M-6 Scout rifles. In rural southern Indiana, they are blissfully unaware of the local labor strife surrounding the Borden Casket Company. The fact that Andy's dad is a manager and Tom's dad is a union laborer has no bearing on their fun and adventure.
But, in the building summer heat, violence quickly erupts--including...
15) Human resources
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Français
Description
Frank's dad, a laborer, saved his whole life to give Frank a good education. Now back home with a college degree and a management job at his dad's company, Frank is torn between his old life and new responsibilities. Thinking he understands both sides, he gets in the middle of a union dispute that risks his reputation and his father's future.
16) Uprising
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
Publisher
[Food Fight Films, LLC.]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the summer of 2014, a corporate food fight played out in dozens of communities impacting tens of thousands of workers and the economies of three states. When the faction of the Market Basket board headed by Arthur S. Demoulas fired his cousin and arch-rival Arthur T. Demoulas as long-time CEO of the successful supermarket chain, it set off a firestorm that sparked one of most unique corporate dramas in American history. It's what the New...
Author
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A novel on a strike at a silk plant in 1950s Japan, illustrating the true face of the much-touted Japanese paternalism. The company operated a network of spies and anyone falling ill was fired. The strike led to better working conditions throughout Japan.
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Series
Language
English
Description
It's 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II. For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator for the Tsar. To accomplish his mission, Pekkala will go undercover, returning to Siberia and the nightmare of his own past, where he was once a prisoner in the notorious Gulag known as Borodok...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment factory, and becomes a participant in the shirtwaist worker strikes of 1909.