Worker and Union-friendly Holiday Gifts

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)With the holiday season at hand, Union Communication Services -- the Annapolis-based union publisher and source of our daily labor history feature -- suggests area activists “consider gifting your friends and loved ones with books about the labor movement and working people -- past, present, even fictional.” Highlights from its catalog include Cut From Plain Cloth: The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests, about the 2011 worker uprising in Wisconsin; Woody Guthrie: A Life, Joe Klein’s biography of the folksinger and political activist; Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Expanded Guide to Films About Labor, an encyclopedic guide to 350 labor films from around the world, and Kids on Strike!, about children who stood up for their rights against powerful company owners. Mention Union City when ordering and you’ll get a 10% discount on your entire purchase!