Lexicon of Labor More Than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Insights Concerning Labor in America

Name: Lexicon of Labor More Than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Insights Concerning Labor in America
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ISBN: 9781595582263

ISBN-10: 1595582266

ISBN-13: 9781595582263

Edition: 2009 (Revised)

Authors: R. Emmett Murray, Elaine Bernard, Thomas Geoghegan

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A thoroughly updated edition of the clever, fun-to-read compilation of union language and lore. "For close to two centuries, we in the American labor movement have spoken our own language. It is a rich idiom, laden with humor and barbs, heady with history. . . . Problem is, fewer and fewer of us speak it, and even fewer on the outside understand it or know how it came about."from the prefatory note toThe Lexicon of Labor Since its first publication in 1998,The Lexicon of Laborfound a large and appreciative following among readers who were grateful to have the vibrant, powerful language of the labor movement captured in a lively single volume. This revised and updated edition includes…

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 6/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Introduction to the Revised Edition



Foreword



Prefatory Note


The Lexicon of Labor



Affiliate Unions of the AFL-CIO and Independent Unions



Free Rider's Card



A Select Labor Bibliography


About the Author