Celebrating Labor Day: A Reading List

Monday is Labor Day, holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being. While the library will not be open on Labor Day, we did put together a list of books for all ages that celebrate the spirit and legacy of Labor Day.

Goddess of Anarchy : the Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical by Jones, Jacqueline
Goddess of Anarchy : the Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical by Jones, Jacqueline

Goddess of Anarchy : the Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical by Jones, Jacqueline

American Midnight : the Great War, A VIolent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Hochschild, Adam
American Midnight : the Great War, A VIolent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Hochschild, Adam

American Midnight : the Great War, A VIolent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Hochschild, Adam

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Sweatshop Reform In American History by Lieurance, Suzanne
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Sweatshop Reform In American History by Lieurance, Suzanne

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Sweatshop Reform In American History by Lieurance, Suzanne

Flesh & Blood So Cheap : the Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Marrin, Albert
Flesh & Blood So Cheap : the Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Marrin, Albert

Flesh & Blood So Cheap : the Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Marrin, Albert

$2. 00 A Day : Living On Almost Nothing In America by Edin, Kathryn
$2. 00 A Day : Living On Almost Nothing In America by Edin, Kathryn

$2. 00 A Day : Living On Almost Nothing In America by Edin, Kathryn

Fair Pay : How to Get A Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses by Buckmaster, David
Fair Pay : How to Get A Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses by Buckmaster, David

Fair Pay : How to Get A Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses by Buckmaster, David

The Betrayal of Work : How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families by Shulman, Beth
The Betrayal of Work : How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families by Shulman, Beth

The Betrayal of Work : How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families by Shulman, Beth

A History of America In Ten Strikes by Loomis, Erik
A History of America In Ten Strikes by Loomis, Erik

A History of America In Ten Strikes by Loomis, Erik

In A Day's Work : the Fight to End Sexual VIolence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers by Yeung, Bernice
In A Day's Work : the Fight to End Sexual VIolence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers by Yeung, Bernice

In A Day's Work : the Fight to End Sexual VIolence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers by Yeung, Bernice

The Radium Girls : the Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Moore, Kate
The Radium Girls : the Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Moore, Kate

The Radium Girls : the Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Moore, Kate

A Collective Bargain : Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by McAlevey, Jane
A Collective Bargain : Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by McAlevey, Jane

A Collective Bargain : Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by McAlevey, Jane

Deadly Times : the 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror by Irwin, Lew
Deadly Times : the 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror by Irwin, Lew

Deadly Times : the 1910 Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror by Irwin, Lew

Your Rights In the Workplace by Repa, Barbara Kate
Your Rights In the Workplace by Repa, Barbara Kate

Your Rights In the Workplace by Repa, Barbara Kate

The Employee Rights Handbook : Effective Legal Strategies to Protect Your Job, From Interview to Pink Slip by Sack, Steven Mitchell
The Employee Rights Handbook : Effective Legal Strategies to Protect Your Job, From Interview to Pink Slip by Sack, Steven Mitchell

The Employee Rights Handbook : Effective Legal Strategies to Protect Your Job, From Interview to Pink Slip by Sack, Steven Mitchell

Supreme Inequality : the Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for A More Unjust America by Cohen, Adam
Supreme Inequality : the Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for A More Unjust America by Cohen, Adam

Supreme Inequality : the Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for A More Unjust America by Cohen, Adam

Harvesting Hope : the Story of Cesar Chavez by Krull, Kathleen
Harvesting Hope : the Story of Cesar Chavez by Krull, Kathleen

Harvesting Hope : the Story of Cesar Chavez by Krull, Kathleen

Brave Girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Markel, Michelle
Brave Girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Markel, Michelle

Brave Girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Markel, Michelle

Fire! : the Beginning of the Labor Movement by Goldin, Barbara Diamond
Fire! : the Beginning of the Labor Movement by Goldin, Barbara Diamond

Fire! : the Beginning of the Labor Movement by Goldin, Barbara Diamond

Labor Day by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A
Labor Day by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A

Labor Day by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Duncan, Alice Faye
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Duncan, Alice Faye

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Duncan, Alice Faye

Economic Inequality : the American Dream Under Siege by Frazer, Coral Celeste
Economic Inequality : the American Dream Under Siege by Frazer, Coral Celeste

Economic Inequality : the American Dream Under Siege by Frazer, Coral Celeste

Know Your Rights : and Claim Them. by Parker, Nicky
Know Your Rights : and Claim Them. by Parker, Nicky

Know Your Rights : and Claim Them. by Parker, Nicky