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"In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She's spent her whole life in the coal-mining town of Calumet, Michigan where men risk their lives for meager salaries--and had barely enough to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man...
79) Labor unions
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English
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Contains eighteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to labor unions, including the status of U.S. labor unions, the effects of immigration and globalization, if Wal-Mart should unionize, and the future of organized labor; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.