On the Job

<b>The inspiring story of worker centers that are cropping up across the country and leading the fight for today's workers</b><p>For over 60 million people work in America has been a story of declining wages insecurity and unsafe conditions especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers but all the while a different and little-known story of rebirth and struggle has percolated just below the surface.</p><p><em>On the Job</em> is the first account of a new kind of labor movement one that is happening locally quietly and among our country's most vulnerable-but essential-workers. Noted public health expert Celeste Monforton and award-winning journalist Jane M. Von Bergen crisscrossed the country speaking with workers of all backgrounds and uncovering the stories of hundreds of new worker-led organizations (often simply called worker centers) that have successfully achieved higher wages safer working conditions and on-the-job dignity for their members.</p><p><em>On the Job</em> describes ordinary people finding their voice and challenging power: from housekeepers in Chicago and Houston; to poultry workers in St. Cloud Minnesota and Springdale Arkansas; and construction workers across the state of Texas. An inspiring book for dark times <em>On the Job</em> reveals that labor activism is actually alive and growing-and holds the key to a different future for all working people.</p>