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Title: Talking Union

Author: Judith Stepan-Norris, Maurice Zeitlin

Narrator: Ian Eugene Ryan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Workers talk about the lives they lived, the battles they fought, the union they built, and the history they made. The United Auto Workers' Ford Local No. 600 was not only the biggest local union in the world, it was also one of the most militant, radical, yet democratic unions in the United States.

Talking Union gives us the exceptional opportunity to hear members of this local tell about their activism as they experienced it. These rich, eloquent narratives show the dedication and bravery that went into reshaping class relations and greatly expanding the freedom of the common people in America.

The book is published by University of Illinois Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Anybody wanting to know the real, intimate history of the labor movement in the U.S. should read Talking Union. (Pete Seeger)

Members Reviews:

Heroes-Real People with Passion, Grit and Gravitas

I am so proud that my father and his partner were able to create this book-a tribute to the true heroes of the UAW and that historic time in our American History. Real People share their stories, their passion, their fears and sometimes the violence in their lives. The blood and sweat and tears of men and women who risked so much to create a strong union for laborers.

My friend Ian Eugene Ryan does a stellar job with the narrative-his rich and velvet voice resonates. Congrats! Now this should be a movie.

Amazingly vivid telling of a riveting story

Where history books place dry facts, dates, and seemingly distant, irrelevant stories, this book brings home the first person accounts of the brave and dedicated organizers of the Ford Rogue Plant. Spanning from the 20's to the 70's, these accounts are told in the words of a tapestry of workers, union officials, and politicians. The stories they tell are moving, riveting, and allowed me to actually understand whate really happened in the unionist movement from the people who were there.

The book focuses not only on what happened, but why. It takes a concentrated look at what was going on in America politically and the effect that each thing had on the move to organize. The format is clear and concise, but it is still very intriguing reading.

Everyone in America should read this book, and anyone who has any interest or membership in an American Trade Union of any kind NEEDS to read this book. It's what it is all about: freedom, democracy, power of the people when they stand united.

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