Books for International Workers’ Day

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing labor rights and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry—stopping the deadly poison of leaded gasoline and saving millions of lives.

The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the lawyer who sought justice on their behalf, and the shameful lack of protection our society affords all workers.

A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman.

From longtime New York Times labor correspondent, an in-depth and stirring look at working people in America, the challenges they face, and the ways in which they can be re-empowered.

Spanning the Great Depression, World War II, and beyond, this story follows the intrepid young women, the “Black Angels,” who risked their lives working under dreadful conditions while caring for New York City’s poorest residents, and were instrumental in helping find the cure for tuberculosis.