2010 Catalog Offers Books For Union Activists, Leaders
Wednesday, November 10, 2010(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
A new, 56-page catalog of books for union members, activists and
leaders is being offered by Union
Communication Services. The 2010 edition of the UCS Labor Books
Catalog includes scores of classic and new titles on topics ranging
from negotiating and grievance handling to organizing, health and safety, labor
law and labor history. It includes many worker-friendly fiction and young adult
and children's books as well. New titles for 2010 include two UCS
exclusives, "Union Strategies for Hard Times: Helping Your Members and
Building Your Union in the Great Recession," and "Contract Costing for Union
Negotiators," which comes complete with a CD containing template
spreadsheets. Other new books include the best-ever biographies of Eugene
V. Debs and Woody Guthrie, some great new childrens' titles, and a lot more. The
catalog, now in its 12th year, is produced by the same labor publisher that
offers Steward Update newsletter and widely-used guidebooks for union stewards
and members. The catalog includes titles from UCS and some 30 other
publishers, including the AFL-CIO National Labor College and other major labor
education centers. Copies are available free from UCS at 800-321-2545; by e-mail
at ucsbooks@unionist.com, or on the web.