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MUSIC
 |  |  |  |  | Music, automobiles and union activism have helped define Detroit—and all are reflected in the soundtrack, "Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant." An original jazz and blues opera set in Detroit, "Forgotten" is based on the life of the Rev. Lewis Bradford, a Methodist minister who worked at a Detroit mission before his mysterious death at the Ford Rouge auto plant. Along the way, the story of one of the union movement's most famous workplaces unfolds, highlighting how autoworkers struggled to gain a union in a violent environment: In 1937, Walter Reuther and three other UAW organizers were beaten severely by Ford Motor Co. thugs for handing out union literature. In 1941, after 50,000 workers walked out, Henry Ford agreed to a union election and a first contract. "Forgotten" has been presented in the Detroit area, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Chicago and New York. $20. Available at the The Union Shop Online™.
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 | | | | | On “Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad,” Kim and Reggie Harris capture the spirit, power and message of the freedom songs of members of the Underground Railroad, the network of abolitionists and freedom fighters who hid and transported black slaves from the South to freedom in the North. Songs such as “Oh Freedom,” “No More Auction Block” and “Wade in the Water” still hold special meaning to anyone seeking freedom and justice in the world. $18. Available at the The Union Shop Online™.
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BOOKS
 | | | | | Grassroots union leaders always are searching for new ways to motivate and mobilize union members around the issues vital to working families. In Building More Effective Unions, University of Pennsylvania Professor Paul Clarkoutlines innovative and practical strategies for changing workers’ attitudes about their union through improved communications, more open leadership and long-range strategic planning. Clark argues local unions should use the latest research into behavioral science—the study of people, their behavior and the organizations they form—to motivate current members and recruit new ones. Paperback, $19.95. Cornell University Press. | | | | |
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 | | | | | Although the odds are stacked against them, recent immigrant workers in New York City have successfully formed unions in industries as diverse as grocery delivery and limousine driving. In Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market, Immanuel Ness tells the compelling stories of some of these workers’ struggles and victories. Along the way, Ness, a political science professor at Brooklyn College–City University of New York, highlights key lessons on organizing immigrant workers. “Ness has chronicled some inspiring and recent accounts of great organizing by immigrant workers,” Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen says. “This type of organizing and mobilizing existing members provides our best hope for the future.” $21.95. Available at the The Union Shop Online™. | | | | |
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WEBSIGHTING  | | | | | Pride At Work, the AFL-CIO constituency group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, recently launched a new website that includes news for LGBT workers, updates on issues and a members’ forum. The site contains a survey users are urged to fill out to ensure the site is serving members effectively. | | | | |
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