100 Books For Union Activists
Monday, January 3, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
A new 56-page catalog of books for union
members, activists and leaders is now available
from Union Communication Services (UCS). The
2005 edition of the UCS Labor Books Catalog
includes nearly 100 titles on topics ranging
from bargaining and grievance handling to
health and safety, labor law and labor history,
and includes many worker-friendly fiction and
children’s books as well. Included are guides
for union members and stewards, a new look at
media bias against unions, a new book on labor
law, a totally new Troublemaker’s
Handbook, a two-volume encyclopedia of
labor history, new childrens’ titles, and
much, much more. Copies are available free from
UCS at 800-321-2545; by e-mail at ucsbooks@unionist.com,
or on the
web. Or send your request to UCS Books, 165
Conduit St., Annapolis MD 21401. All of the
books can be purchased directly from the
website as well. UCS, a 100 percent union
company, was founded in 1980. The catalog,
first issued in 1998, is the only one of its
kind, dealing exclusively with labor-oriented
books.