Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century

Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x0. Sixth printing. Jacket lightly toned. 2001 Hard Cover. 174 pp. Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the 'counter girls' at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley's story of a movie theater musicians' strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology.