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By Dan La Botz
“As a young union activist I had another bible. It was this book right here, called A Troublemaker's Handbook, from Labor Notes. This was my bible when I became a union rep, and it taught me how to fight the boss, how to fight company unionism, all at the same time. I got a section here flagged and you can see in this thing all the highlights I have in this one section, chapter five, which is 'Dealing with Labor-Management Cooperation Programs,' because we were living it in the UAW. This bible taught me another kind of faith. It taught me faith in the membership. It taught me faith in the working class. And it is that faith that carried the UAW to our new chapter in history.” — UAW President Shawn Fain
The book, published in 1991, and its sequel A Troublemaker's Handbook 2, published in 2005, are long out of print. However, the publisher Labor Notes has made a free PDF available. Donations to Labor Notes are welcome.
By Dan La Botz
“As a young union activist I had another bible. It was this book right here, called A Troublemaker's Handbook, from Labor Notes. This was my bible when I became a union rep, and it taught me how to fight the boss, how to fight company unionism, all at the same time. I got a section here flagged and you can see in this thing all the highlights I have in this one section, chapter five, which is 'Dealing with Labor-Management Cooperation Programs,' because we were living it in the UAW. This bible taught me another kind of faith. It taught me faith in the membership. It taught me faith in the working class. And it is that faith that carried the UAW to our new chapter in history.” — UAW President Shawn Fain
The book, published in 1991, and its sequel A Troublemaker's Handbook 2, published in 2005, are long out of print. However, the publisher Labor Notes has made a free PDF available. Donations to Labor Notes are welcome.