Books and films

Santa Bárbara Rebelde: Historia oral de la insurgencia sindical en un pueblo minero, 1970-1990 / Rebel Santa Barbara : An Oral History of the Trade Union Insurgency in a Mining Town, 1970-1990

This work is the product of recorded conversations with people who lived in the mining region of southern Chihuahua. The oral history recounts the experiences of young miners who, in the 1970s, decided to oppose the local and national leadership of the union.

Sindicalismo de la CTM en Sonora. Grandes luchas, crecimiento y fortaleza (1982–2025) / CTM Unionism in Sonora. Great struggles, growth and strength (1982–2025)

With broad participation from business leaders, union leaders, academics, journalists, representatives of the public sector and all political forces, the book “CTM Unionism in Sonora. Great struggles, growth and strength (1982–2025)” was presented, a work that recovers more than four decades of history, achievements and transformation of the labor…

Sí, somos trabajadoras! Servicio doméstico y los derechos de trabajo en el Chile del siglo XX / Yes, we are workers! Domestic service and labor rights in 20th-century Chile

For over a century, domestic work in Chile was an invisible, undervalued, poorly paid, unregulated, and rights-free occupation. In this book, historian Elizabeth Hutchison traces the long social and legal struggle waged by domestic workers throughout the 20th century in Chile.

SITRACODE: Ejemplo del sindicalismo de clase y defensa de los intereses populares y nacionales / SITRACODE: An example of class-based unionism and the defense of popular and national interests

Systematizing, even if only in a summarized form, the experiences of the former Union of Workers of the Dominican Electricity Corporation (Sitracode), is a highly significant contribution at a time when writings about the trade union and workers' movement seem to be dying out. Sitracode was a young union when big business and the government of the time…

Trabajadores: Su presencia en la historia de Chile, 1800-2019 / Workers: Their Presence in the History of Chile, 1800-2019

From the peasants and tenants of colonial Chile to the strikes and mobilizations that marked the social uprising of 2019, this book traces an exhaustive journey through more than two centuries of labor history in Chile, shaped both by the beginnings of modernization and the formation of the proletariat, as well as by the contemporary challenges arising…

Trade Union Freedom in Brazil and Portugal: a brief comparison

This paper is an analysis of the principle of trade union freedom in Brazil and Portugal. It was found that, in the distant past, both countries established this important principle of collective labor law in their constitutional legal systems and, for reasons specific to each country, took different paths with regard to its applicability.

Una lucha por el salario, la democracia obrera y la conciencia / Oil Workers, a struggle for wages, workers' democracy and class consciousness

In every collective bargaining session, the labor world looks with admiration—and a certain undisguised envy—at the wage agreements reached by the oilseed workers' union with employers. Time and again, they manage to keep their salaries comfortably above the average for Argentine workers.

Un golpe global. La experiencia autoritaria chilena en el mundo / A global coup. The Chilean authoritarian experience in the world

The years of revolution and counter-revolution in Chile sparked identifications, passions, and mobilizations on a global scale, becoming a powerful cause with diverse uses and meanings: from an emblem of militant solidarity and a source of political “lessons” to a driving force behind the emerging language of Human Rights, and—for some—a potent symbol of…

Paşabahçe 1966: A Strike That Created a Tradition / Paşabahçe 1966: Gelenek Yaratan Grev

The Paşabahçe strike of 1966 was a workers’ action that formed enduring tendencies and traditions and holds a special place both in the history of glassworkers and Kristal-İş, and in the broader history of the Turkish working class. With this book, we have sought to bring to light as many aspects of this historic strike as possible.

The History of Uprisings and Social Unrest in Iran تاریخ شورش و ناآرامی‌های اجتماعی در ایران

This book begins in ancient times and covers the period up to the year 1357 (1978). The structure of the book is such that each chapter is devoted to a specific period or historical cycle, and uprisings are examined from various perspectives, including political, economic, religious, and ethnic motives.

The Union at the Barrel of a Gun / Aster-İş - Namlunun Ucundaki Sendika / Aster-İş

The Union at the Barrel of a Gun truly lives up to its title, as it tells the story of the organizing efforts of workers employed in military workplaces and the obstacles placed in their way. The organizing adventure of the Aster-İş Union during the period 1975–1980, carried out in one of the most difficult sectors to organize and at the very heart of…

المرحوم المحجوب بن الصديق: رائد الحركة النقابية الوطنية The Late Mahjoub Ben Seddik: Pioneer of the National Trade Union Movement

Coinciding with the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the Moroccan Workers’ Union (Union Marocaine du Travail), a book titled **“The Late Mahjoub Ben Seddik: Pioneer of the National Trade Union Movement”**, authored by **Dr. Ridouane Salim**, was published.

Andra vågen / The Second Wave

In Gräfenhausen, Germany, an Uzbek truck driver refuses to drive on. In Sundbyberg, an elevator crashes to the ground.

Bageriet i Paradiset / The Bakery in Paradise: strong together at work

Frances Tuuloskorpi has worked in bread factories, laundries and commercial kitchens for four decades. At Bagarn, she was the chairman of the food workers' club for a long time.

Den sista milen / The last mile: about the invisible workers of e-commerce and the hidden price of fast packages.

E-commerce is breaking records, and behind every package delivered directly to your door is an invisible army of gig workers. In The Last Mile, Julia Lindblom examines the Swedish delivery companies that promise fossil-free, record-breaking deliveries - but at the expense of those doing the work.

Faraos egna arbetare / Pharaoh's Own Workers: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

In the Valley of the Kings – the legendary burial place of the pharaohs – there was not only death. There was also life.

Fra klassekamp til landssvik / From class struggle to treason

The great shift in the labor movement's struggle against the interwar economic crisis, unemployment, and fascism is often dated to 1933, with Martin Tranmæl as the father of the change in strategy. What is not so well known is the role of the trade union movement.

Frontalkrock: Teslastrejken och kampen om framtiden / Head-on collision: The Tesla strike and the fight for the future

On October 27, 2023, the IF Metall union will begin the world's first and so far only strike against Tesla - a head-on collision between the richest man on the planet and the Swedish model. Fourteen unions in four countries, from dock workers and electricians to postmen and cleaners, will soon join in.

Los colmillos del lince / The lynx's fangs

Lisbeth Salander and her niece Svala seem to have a knack for attracting trouble: Svala is now part of an activist group opposing the reopening of a mine. The conflict is at a stalemate until a journalist investigating the issue is murdered.

Teamsters Metropolis

In the 1950s, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters empowered poor immigrants who had grown up in the crowded blocks of the central city to move upward and outward to comfortable suburbs. It delivered unprecedented benefits to workers—especially to those in retail, services, and light manufacturing—locking in hourly pay that bought the patio…

Temps de trajet

Jessica Lopes and Charl Vinz give voice to those whose daily commutes reflect the inequalities of everyday life. A socially engaged project, blending field research, visual storytelling, and reflections on how our mobile lives are shaped.

The Underground Sea

The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger’s archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners’ strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today.

Under angrep - slik motarbeides fagbevegelsen / Under attack - this is how the trade union movement is opposed

The Norwegian model provides a predictable and organized working life, and appears to be stable. But something is about to happen.In recent years, we have seen several examples of the trade union movement being actively opposed.LO describes "aggressive union crushing" as part of "a new development that threatens to turn back the clock many decades in…

Vad hände med arbetarklassen? Om svek, makt och ojämlikhet i Sverige diskuterar / What happened to the working class?

In "What Happened to the Working Class?" (Arkiv Publishing), sociologist Johan Alfonsson has written a vital book that shows in an educational and vivid way that a majority of Swedes still belong to the working class. This is supported by both statistically substantiated analyses and personal stories

Vanligt folk : den svenska arbetarrörelsens historia / Ordinary People: The History of the Swedish Labor Movement

At the end of the 19th century, people began to organize in the workplace. They talked to each other and agreed on common demands.

Vi kan styra oss själva / We can govern ourselves

Why does democracy end when we go to work? When Patrik Witkowsky, founder of the Center for Employee Ownership and Documentary Filmmakers, began to delve into the issue of economic democracy, he discovered a blind spot in the Swedish debate.

No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia

No Power Greater is the compelling story of the acts of rebellion and solidarity that have shaped Australia's past and shows that unions are far from history.

Pesawat Anda Delay / Your Plane Is Delayed

Prahara in the Parau Valley: A Novel of Coal Miners’ Struggle /Prahara di Lembah Parau: Sebuah novel perjuangan buruh tambang batu bara

Archam Alie, a university student, sets out to study firsthand how a coal mining company operates. His journey takes him to the Parau Valley, where he begins working at a mining camp owned by the Ambillin Coal Mining Company.

Serikat Buruh 1945–1948: Menduduki Stasiun, Menguasai Perkebunan, Menjalankan Pabrik / Trade Unions 1945–1948: Occupying Railway Stations, Taking Over Plantations, Running Factories

This book offers an in-depth study of labor unions in Java during the critical years of 1945–1948, examining how workers organized independently to take control of railway stations, plantations, and factories in the aftermath of Indonesian independence. Challenging state-centered interpretations of postcolonial labor politics, Jafar Suryomenggolo…