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BOOKS
 |  |  |  |  | Rising from the Rails tells the largely unknown story of the significant role played in the struggle for civil rights by the black men who served as waiters and valets on luxurious rail cars for nearly a century. Their employment by the Pullman Co. coincided with the struggle of newly freed slaves for full legal freedom. The porters helped fuel and finance America’s civil rights movement and launched the first successful black trade union—the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The book, by Larry Tye, also is the subject of a documentary on Superstation WGN during February in honor of Black History Month. Hard cover. $26. Available at The Union Shop Online™. | |  | |  |
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 | | | | | In Restoring the American Dream, Thomas Kochan lays out an action plan for working families in the 21st century that calls for unions, business and government to come together to make changes that will allow everyone to benefit from the new economy. Kochan, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that businesses need to rebuild relationships with their employees based on trust and that working families must take control of their own destinies. Hard cover. $27.95. Available at The Union Shop Online™. | | | | |
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TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE  | | | | | In Central America, low-wage women workers face a daily battle against global corporate practices that result in below-poverty-level wages for more than full-time work. STITCH, a network of women unionists and activists in Central America and the United States, is sponsoring its annual STITCH Spring Delegation to Guatemala for women trade unionists May 27-June 4. Members of the delegation will have the opportunty to learn or improve their Spanish while meeting with Guatemalan women workers in the maquila and banana sectors to learn first-hand the effects of global trade and to see how they and their unions are organizing for change. For more information or an application, contact STITCH, 1525 Newton St., N.W., Washington, DC 20010; or call 202-265-3790; or e-mail stitch@stitchonline.org. Applications are due April 10.
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WEBSIGHTING  | | | | | The American Rights at Work website, www.americanrightsatwork.org, features investigative reports, public policy proposals, resources and news stories about the struggle to win workplace democracy for workers who we all depend on every day. The site includes the fun Flash cartoon, “Friends with Low Wages,” which exposes Wal-Mart’s ruthless anti-union campaigns. | | | | |
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MUSIC  | | | | | For more than three decades, Sweet Honey in the Rock has delivered messages of love, liberation and social justice. In “The Women Gather,” the group celebrates its 30th anniversary with 18 new songs, including “Ballad of Harry T. Moore,” which honors the first NAACP official killed for civil rights work in the South, “Give the People Their Right to Vote” and “22 Hours in the Day.” $17. Available at The Union Shop Online™.
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