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 about Office Workers Join the American Federation of Labor Now!
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 about Industrial Unions and Taft-Hartley
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 about The National Economy 1969
Washington DC: AFL-CIO, 1985. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers (softcover); 71pp; illus. Fine copy. Includes glossary. More about AFL-CIO Manual for Shop Stewards
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 about Labor and Education in 1953. Reports of the Executive Council and the Annual Convention of the...
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 about Report of the Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor...
[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 about Why Unions?
[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 about Proceedings of the Second Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO. Volume I: Daily Proceedings ;...
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 376pp; frontis. portr. Tight, clean, VG or better copy in original pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at margins but still clean and attractive; VG. Sympathetic biography of the long-time leader of the AFL. More about Samuel Gompers - Champion of the Toiling Masses
London: Africa Bureau, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 29pp. Fine. More about Rhodesia: The "Fearless" Proposals and the Six Principles
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 about Pioneers of Freedom
[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 about Labor and the Churches: An Excerpt from the Report of the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO to the...
[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 about Editorial by Samuel Gompers in the American Federationist
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 about The Samuel Gompers Papers. Volume 1: The Making of a Union Leader, 1850-86
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 about The Samuel Gompers Papers. Volume 2: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90
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 about The Samuel Gompers Papers. Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895-98
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 about John Riffe of the Steelworkers: American Labor Statesman
[Springfield: Central Labor Union, 1912]. First Edition. Octavo (23.25cm.); original maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 180,[24](ads)pp.; illus. Corners a bit dinged, light wear to spine foot, else Very Good or better. More about History of the Central Labor Union of Springfield, Mass. with some of the pioneers. Brief...
[Madison: Industrial Relations Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982]. Offprint. Octavo (22.5cm.); original off-white staplebound wrappers printed in red; 79pp. Wrappers rather dust-soiled, two short closed tears to rear wrapper fore-edge, else Very Good. IRRI Reprint no. 241. Article reprinted from The Journal of Intergroup Relations, Vol. X, no. 1, Spring, 1982. More about The AFL-CIO and the Black Worker: Twenty-Five Years After the Merger
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 about The Adventures of Agent Truboy
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 about The Giant Wakes. A novel about Samuel Gompers
Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1950. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in grey and green decorative dust jacket; xi,[1],280pp. Some chipping to jacket extremities, spine a bit toned, else Fine in Very Good jacket. Includes chapters on the International Ladies' Garment Works (AFL)... More about Financial Reports of Labor Unions
Chicago: WCFL Radio Magazine Co., 1930. First Edition. Quarto. Printed wrappers; 34pp. External rubbing and wear; withdrawn duplicate from the Bancroft Library, with small ink hand-stamp to front wrapper; Very Good. Quarterly journal devoted, oddly, to equal parts technical aspects of radio broadcasting and farmer-labor politics. Current issue contains several... More about WCFL Radio Magazine: Voice of Labor and the Farmer. Official Quarterly Publication of WCFL...
Chicago: WCFL Radio Magazine Co., 1931. First Edition. Quarto. Printed wrappers; 34pp. External rubbing and wear; withdrawn duplicate from the Bancroft Library, with small ink hand-stamp to front wrapper; Very Good. Quarterly journal devoted, oddly, to equal parts technical aspects of radio broadcasting and farmer-labor politics. Current issue contains lengthy... More about WCFL Radio Magazine: Voice of Labor and the Farmer. Official Quarterly Publication of WCFL...
San Francisco: San Francisco Labor Council, 1934. Official program for a three-day amateur boxing match held at the Oakland Civic Auditoriumin conjunction with the 1934 National Labor Convention of the A.F. of L. Fighters competed in ten weight divisions, from 106 pounds to Heavyweight; no boxers are pictured, but all... More about Souvenir Edition: Official Fight Program. American Federation of Labor Big Amateur Boxing Tournament
