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"Lyrical . . . candid, clear-eyed and utterly engrossing, Pitkinâs writing couldnât come at a betterâor more necessaryâtime.â âJessica Bruder, New York Times bestselling author of Nomadland
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âA riveting and intimate meditation on power, class consciousness, and the true meaning of solidarity.â âFrancisco CantĂș, New York Times bestselling author ofâŠ
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1 author picked On the Line as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
There arenât very many books by union organizers because union organizers tend to be busy organizing unions rather than writing books. Daisy Pitkin is the rare person who can do both.
In this book, she recounts her own experience as an organizer on a bitter, five-year campaign to unionize an industrial laundry in Arizona. If youâve never been through a union campaign yourself, this is the next best thing.
From Hamilton's list on the power of the American labor movement.
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