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• Brave Girl

  Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

  Markel, Michelle

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  The true story of a young immigrant who worked hard, went to night school to learn English and eventually led a famous strike by her fellow female garment workers.

• Bread and Roses, Too

  Paterson, Katherine

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• Fannie Never Flinched

  One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

  Farrell, Mary Cronk

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  Fanny Sellins was a union activist who fought and gave her life for equality and labor reform.

• Fire at the Triangle Factory

  Littlefield, Holly, 1963-

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  Minnie and Tessa are young friends working in the overcrowded Triangle Factory when disaster strikes. For upper level beginning readers and beyond.

• Harvest

  Ancona, George

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  Mexican migrant workers bring in the harvest in many states which finds its way to family dinner tables. This book tells something of their story.

• Kids at Work

  Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

  Freedman, Russell. 1929-2018

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  Award-winning author Russell Freedman uses Hine's historic photos to help tell the story of children forced to work under very dangerous conditions.

• Labor Day

  Bredeson, Carmen

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  A Rookie Reader book for early grades that tells the basics of this holiday.

• Labor Day

  Nelson, Robin, 1971-

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  This First Step book gives an overview of Labor Day's history and how it is celebrated today.

• Labor Day

  Schuh, Mari C., 1975-

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  With only a line or two in a large typeface per page, this book is a logical choice for beginning readers.

• Lyddie

  Paterson, Katherine

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  In 1843, 10-year-old Lyddie starts to work at a clothing factory in hopes of saving enough money to help buy back her father's farm.

• Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop

  the Sanitation Strike of 1968

  Duncan, Alice Faye

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  Just before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. was involved in a strike by sanitation workers. Learn about this history through the eyes of nine-year-old Lorraine, whose father participated in the strike.

• On Our Way to Oyster Bay

  Mother Jones and Her March for Children's Rights

  Kulling, Monica

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  Though eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie want to go to school, like many other children in 1903, they work twelve hours, six days a week, at a cotton mill in Pennsylvania instead. So when the millworkers decide to go on strike, the two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seeker of Truth

  Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor

  Venkat, Srividhya

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• Side by Side

  the Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez = Lado a Lado : La Historia De Dolores Huerta Y César Chávez

  Brown, Monica, 1969-

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  A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens."

• Striking Back

  the Fight to End Child Labor Exploitation

  Robinson, J. Dennis

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  Traces the history of child labor from the late 1700s to the passage of the Fair Labor Act during the Great Depression.

• Who Was the Voice of the People?

  Cesar Chavez

  Blas, Terry

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  Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights.