Washington DC: American Federation of Labor, N.d. (ca 1948). First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 7pp. Near Fine. Informational brochure, in Q&A format, inviting clerical and office workers to join the American Federation of Office Employees. Introduction by William Green. More
Washington DC: AFL - CIO, 1965. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 38pp. Pencil notations and date stamp to front cover, else Fine. Foreword by George Meany. Report of an AFL-CIO conference on consumer advocacy for American workers. More
[Washington, DC: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1960]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 25pp. Minor wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Brochure setting forth the AFL-CIO's program, including raising the minimum wage, aiding depressed areas, guaranting civil rights, and health benefits for the..... More
Washington DC: AFL-CIO, (1957). First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial paper wrappers; 27pp. Fine copy. Attack on the anti-labor policies of the Taft-Hartley Act on the tenth anniversary of its passage. Illustrated throughout with terrific mid-century illustrations. Foreword by Albert Whitehouse, Director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department. More
Washington DC: AFL-CIO, (1969). First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; (20)pp. Fine. Article reprinted from the National Economy section of the AFL-CIO Executive Council report to the Eighth Convention, 1969. More
New York: New Century Publishers, 1955. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 15pp. Very Good, clean and unmarked copy. CPUSA perspective on the then-pending AFL-CIO merger. More
Washington DC: American Federation of Labor, 1953. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 80pp. Fine. Report of the AFL Education Committee to the 72nd Convention of the American Federation of Labor. Photo-illustrated. More
New York: Associated Press Photo, 1938. Unusual strike image, showing four circus roustabouts lounging in the hay while a group of zebra graze in the background. Snipe, dated 5-15-38, reads: "These men, relaxing comfortably in hay and straw under the Big GTop, were among workes who took things easy May..... More
Washington DC: Law Reporter Printing Company, 1910-1911. First Edition. Thick octavo (23cm.); original olive cloth, spine lettered in gilt, olive endpapers; xx,361;xxi,[1],378pp.; tables, text in double column. Minor wear to extremities, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. Includes the text for A.F.L. President Samuel Gomper's opening reports..... More
[Washington]: American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations, [1969]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and green; [12]pp.; illus. throughout. Near Fine condition. More
[Washington, D.C.]: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1957. First Edition. 2 volumes, octavo (21.5cm.); original white pictorial card wrappers; iii,[1],619; viii,600pp.; illus. A bit worn from handling, some faint dust-soiling, mostly to spines, else a Very Good set. Biennial proceedings; the first of these Conventions was..... More
London: Africa Bureau, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 29pp. Fine. More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original rust decorative cloth stamped in black; vi,[4],222pp. Spine a hint faded, else Near Fine, lacking dust jacket. Collection of biographical sketches of, among others, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Gompers, and Eugene Debs. More
Washington DC: CIO Political Action Committee, 1952. Tabloid bifolium, printed on first and final pages only. Original mailing folds, else Fine. Campaign sheet from the CIO, endorsing and promoting Adlai Stevenson for President, poking fun at Eisenhower and the Republicans. Includes two political cartoons, one by Herblock, another by labor..... More
Washington DC: CIO Political Action Committee, 1948. Bifolium, ca. 9" x 6"; 4pp with handbill loosely laid in. Old folds; slight aging and wear; Very Good. Instructional flyer for CIO PAC blockworkers on how to drive voter turnout for the 1948 elections. Encourages blockworkers to "help elect a Congress in..... More
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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1958. First Edition. Biography of Walter Reuther (1907-1970), a significant union leader with the United Auto Workers and AFL-CIO. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [viii],280pp. With a contemporary inscription by the author on the front endpaper: "November, 1958..... More
[Washington: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1959]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); bifolium. Light wear and dustiness from handling, else Very Good. Covers minimum wage and the "right to work" laws. More
[Washington, DC]: American Federationist, 1912. Offprint. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp. A hint of wear from handling, else Fine. "Socialist Methods Versus Trade Union Methods." More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth boards, lettered in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 529pp. Gift inscription to half-title page, else clean, tight and unmarked in moderately rubbed jacket; Very Good or better. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth boards, lettered in silver on spine and front cover; 495pp. Clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine, lacking the dustjacket. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth boards, lettered in silver on spine and front cover; xxviii,592pp. Clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. More
New York: Coward-McCann, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 256pp.; 8 leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities else Very Good or better. Biography of the former Executive Vice President of the CIO who began his career..... More
N.p. United Office and Professional Workers of America, CIO, [ca.1941-42]. First Edition. Brief work of labor fiction written by a Brooklyn insurance agent, following the career of one Agent Truboy, an entry-level agent in a large, anonymous insurance company. The novelette follows his career beginning in the late 1920's, through..... More
Oakland: Hospital & Institutional Workers' Union Local 250, 1968. First Edition. 16mo; publisher's cream staplebound card wrappers printed in green; 19pp. Wrappers rather soiled, else Very Good. Agreement established "for the purpose of...such harmonious and constructive relationships between the parties" "for the protection of the patients to have efficient and..... More
Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 294pp. Few spots of soil to foredge of text block, else tight and fine in a crisp, price-clipped dustwrapper, a half-shade faded on spine but otherwise like new. A...... More
