Great Labor Quotations:
Sourcebook and Reader
Compiled by Peter Bollen
Foreword by Jim Green
"…a very useful reference as well as a very readable book...For anyone in the labor movement today or a student of history, this book will prove a delight."
— BOOKVIEWS, December, 2000
“…packed with quotes organized by topic, from civil rights, economics, politics, and the law to the corporate world and unemployment. An excellent reference.”
— ALA Bookwatch, December, 2000
“…All the great labor leaders are here (but) what makes it great fun is seeing quotes by those not
necessarily associated with labor—like Einstein, Bruce Springsteen, various popes, and Roseanne
Barr…This book is not only for fun it’s inspirational too…open any page and maybe there’s a laugh, an
insight or a perspective not considered before. …Pick up a copy, enjoy, read and marvel again at how workers shaped our history and our lives.”
— AFL-CIO Union News, IL, December, 2000
"Not only is this a terrific treasury of gems, but it's just plain fun to read."
— Jim Hightower, Radio talk-show host
About Great Labor Quotations:
Sourcebook and Reader (GLQ)
GLQ is a unique compilation of quotations on work and labor drawn almost entirely from the American labor movement. Primarily a quotation sourcebook for writers and speakers, GLQ is as comfortable
on a coffee table as on a reference shelf. Biographical briefs of historical labor leaders and topical
labor images add context to quotations. The combination reads as a provocative, enlightening labor primer that will inspire and entertain jobholders everywhere.
According to labor historian William Cahn, “The history of America has been largely created by the
deeds of its working people and their organizations-there is scarcely an issue that is not influenced by
labor's organized efforts or lack of them.” GLQ presents labor issues, many of them timeless, through
the words of history makers-the workers, labor and political leaders, activists and advocates, as well as the powerful people who opposed them.
Sourcebook: Quotations are categorized into 17 subject chapters. An Author Index, a Word/Keyword
Index, and an Acronym Glossary/Index provide researchers with three ways to explore the 1371 quotations. The expansive Resource Directory and the Selected Bibliography facilitate further research.
 Reader: The first few quotations in each chapter provide thematic contexts for the quotations that follow. Within chapters, quotations
progressively develop various related subjects. Fifteen Biographical Briefs familiarize readers with popular, oft-quoted labor leaders from the past.
Archival drawings dating from 1860, photographs, and contemporary cartoons visually complement the issues addressed in the quotations.
Great Labor Quotations:
Sourcebook and Reader
Compiled by Peter Bollen
Foreword by Jim Green
ISBN 0-929349-06-7 $19.95
Quality Trade Paperback 6 X 9
28 copies/case — 28.5 lbs./case
306 pages, 60 illustrations, 15 Biographical Briefs Selected Bibliography, Resource Directory, List of Illustrations Acronym/Glossary Index, Author Index, Word/Keyword Index.
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