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.

¿En qué momento un problema se vuelve finalmente visible en la esfera pública, en la agenda de los políticos y los medios? ¿Debe mediar un acontecimiento desgraciado o trágico para que esto suceda? Entre las cuestiones preocupantes que han permanecido largo tiempo fuera de la discusión, la tercerización laboral es sin duda una de las más persistentes. Este libro se propone contribuir al análisis de esta problemática, atendiendo a sus orígenes,...

A compilation of pertinent and updated "black letter" laws that are part of the official Philippine bar examination coverage and corresponding sections of laws that have been subject of previous bar examination questions. There are also certain important laws which, while not expressly included in the exam coverage, are not specifically excluded either. The Anvil Law Books series is the result of the authors' aim to help bar hopefuls in their journey...

The Molly Maguires was a secret society of militant coal miners who battled their exploitation by mine owners with violence, intimidation… and sometimes murder. Based on actual events, this gripping story is a sympathetic and accurate account of the Irish-American miners’ struggle. Richard Harris (Gladiator, Camelot) plays a detective on undercover assignment for the owners, fighting his own conscience. Academy Award®–winner Sean Connery...

"Known as 'The Salad Bowl of the World,' California's Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. A sweeping critical history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for their rights in the decades leading up to the seminal strikes led by Cesar Chavez, this important work also looks closely at how different groups of Mexicans--U.S. born, bracero, and undocumented--confronted...