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.