Labour Unions History

Dive into the gripping history of organized labor and the relentless underdog fight for essential workers' rights. Perfect for an educational commute, this thought-provoking narrative traces the epic clash between everyday employees and powerful industrial titans. Witness the dangerous...

Discover the gripping labor history of how ordinary workers fought brutal conditions to win the modern weekend. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring historical narrative transports you from nineteenth-century coal mines to today's high-tech gig platforms. Experience the David versus...

Women’s work is calling. Will you answer the phone? Throughout the mid-twentieth century, female telephone operators did far more than connect calls. Their voices soothed the anxieties of the modern age—charming infatuated suitors, informing curious residents, and providing life-saving...

Natalie Kon-yu was nine weeks pregnant when the trembling began. Two weeks later she checked herself into a mental health unit. Though she was in crisis, the GPs, nurses and psychiatrists couldn’t see beyond Natalie’s precious cargo. She was made to feel that her pregnancy outweighed her...

Uncover the fierce labor history and class struggles that forged our modern economy, from village farms to digital gigs. Perfect for an eye-opening commute, this narrative reveals how ordinary weavers, enslaved people, and programmers fought back against institutions controlling their time and...

One of the most idiosyncratic horrors of Soviet Russia was the Gulag system, an extensive network of forced labor and concentration camps. Part of the rationale behind this system was that it could serve as slave labor in the drive for industrialization, while also serving as a form of punishment. The name Gulag is in fact an acronym, approximating to “Main Administration of Camps” (in Russian: Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei) and operated by the Soviet Union’s Ministry of the Interior.

In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of black workers’ contribution to the American labor movement.