Our Members Be Unlimited
$24.95
A timely and inspiring work of comics journalism—the history of unions and why we need them (and a first-hand account of working in an Amazon warehouse)
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A Comic About Workers And Their Unions
By Sam Wallman
Scribe Publications
Workers of the world, unite!
From comics journalist Sam Wallman comes a thoughtful plunge into the history of unions. Through distinctive art and sharp-eyed reporting, Wallman ushers us into the hidden aisles of 21st-century labor conditions, and shows us recent labor movements and union triumphs—all while framing current conditions against the history of unions and the earliest rallying cries for worker rights.
It’s an entry point for younger generations, and a reminder for workers who have had their livelihood reduced by capitalist pressures. It’s also a primer for those new to the power of collective action.
From an Amazon warehouse in Melbourne (where Sam worked for a year), to Britain and Bangladesh, to Walmart in China and the New York Taxi Workers Alliance strike against the Trump-era refugee ban of 2017, this book is a highly original and visual exploration of the power of unions.
“Our Members Be Unlimited is a beautiful and often moving guide to union organizing that’s in touch with the reality of work today. Sam Wallman draws on the history of working-class resistance and the humanism at the heart of our movement to guide and give heart to activists.”—Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin
“Beautiful, bold, and necessary. An original and timely look at labor’s past and present that shows how workers won the rights we have and how they’ll be taken away if we don’t use our power to keep them and build on them.”—Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
“No artwork or book has the same power as rank-and-file workplace organizing. But if it reaches a wide enough audience, the book might help amplify the emerging wave of union organization, from US Amazon warehouse workers to cleaners and health care workers in Australia. Our Members Be Unlimited helps us realize that, when we build union solidarity in the workplace, our efforts go beyond wages and conditions—rekindling the old spirit of collectivism is how we build a better future for humanity.”—Nicky Minus, Workers Art Collective
Additional information
| Weight | 25.8 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 9 × 7.5 × 0.75 in |
| Format | Paperback |
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Tuck –
The art is clever and very complexly drawn, but I thought the story did not flow well. Though it is a book of cartoons, it will take the reader a long time to get through this one. The font on many of the cartoons, especially the ‘Labour Definitions’ in the Appendix- is very small- maybe it’s just my old guy eyes but I had to strain. The definitions are Brit (or Aussie)-centric, and often do not match the usage in IWW or North America. For instance, ‘delegate’ is far from our usage. Their is a definition for ‘Joe Hill’ that does not even mention IWW.