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• Labor Day

  Dash, Meredith,

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  For Pre-Readers. Introduces the holiday of Labor Day and how and why it is celebrated in the United States.

• Dolores Huerta

  Labor Activist

  Moening, Kate,

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Mexican-American labor leader, Dolores Huerta. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade.

• The Only Woman in the Photo

  Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

  Krull, Kathleen,

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor.

• When Cesar Chavez Climbed the Umbrella Tree

  Hanel, Rachael,

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. Presents the story of famous civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, from losing his childhood home to toiling in fields as a migrant worker.

• Brave Girl

  Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

  Markel, Michelle,

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Was the Voice of the People?

  Cesar Chavez

  Blas, Terry,

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  For Readers. Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa! Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop

  the Sanitation Strike of 1968

  Duncan, Alice Faye,

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  For Readers. Recounts the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fannie Never Flinched

  One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

  Farrell, Mary Cronk,

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  For Readers. Traces the life of Fannie Sellins, a union activist who traveled the nation promoting fair wages and decent working and living conditions for workers in the garment and mining industries.

• Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children

  Winter, Jonah, 1962-

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  For Readers. Share the incredible story of Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who was essential in the fight to create child labor laws. Well into her sixties, Mother Jones had finally had enough of children working long hours in dangerous factory…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Strike Summer

  Schrempp, Skyler,

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on.

• Who Was Cesar Chavez?

  Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.

• Dolores Huerta Stands Strong

  the Woman Who Demanded Justice

  Brill, Marlene Targ,

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  For Pre-Teens. Follows Huerta's life from the mining communities of the Southwest where her father toiled, to the vineyards and fields of California, and across the country to the present day. As she worked for fair treatment for others, Dolores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Union

  Cassidy, Sara,

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  For Teens. In this novel-in-verse, 15-year-old Tuck navigates new love, past trauma, and standing up for what's right.

• The Downstairs Girl

  Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather),

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  For Teens. 1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Factory Girls

  a Kaleidoscopic Account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

  Seifert, Christine,

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  For Teens. Examines the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire through the stories of five women who lost their lives that day.

• The Hired Girl

  Schlitz, Laura Amy,

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  For Teens. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs chronicles her life in a journal when she leaves her family's farm in Pennsylvania to work as a hired girl in Baltimore in the summer of 1911.

• Marching to the Mountaintop

  How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Hours

  Bausum, Ann

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  For Teens. Explores how the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Dr. King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

• Slow Productivity

  the Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

  Newport, Cal,

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  For Adults. The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hammer

  Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

  Nolan, Hamilton,

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  For Adults. The thesis is simple: Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix this problem. But the labor movement of today has failed to enable enough individuals to join unions.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Thriving

  Harnessing Joy Through Life's Great Labors

  Sellerz-Jackson, Brandi,

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  For Adults. A renowned doula and co-founder of Moms in Color shares powerful lessons on healing and thriving through the murky seasons of life in this moving, intimate guide to self-care, identity, mental health, and radical joy. Safe spaces,…Read moreRead more of this annotation