Tl;dr - in financial hell after partners suicide, financially naive and immature single mom needs help adulting and brainstorming.
Hi. This will be long, but I need advice on how to proceed from here on out. This is not a beg for anything other than info so please no scammers. The ask subs have been scam city full of fake checks and Temu all night long and I’m exhausted by it lol I’m just looking for advice to fix my situation, not make it worse lol. My story in its entirety can be found in my post history but I don’t want to dwell on it too much here since it’s a trigger for some and not a grief subreddit. This group as well as the subreddit assistance were both recommended to me as a good advice source so here I am.
A few months ago my partner completed suicide. He was our main breadwinner for the duration of our relationship. I’ve always worked retail but he handled the finances. I cashed my check and he paid bills with it and gave me money for an incidentals or emergencies. It wasn’t that smart in hindsight, but we got along great and he seemed to be the perfect provider.
Well, it came out in time that he had been fired and we were actually getting evicted right before he made his decision. I was blind sided, he had been working MORE hours by his actions and words in the recent past.
Rent, 3 mos. Utilities, 3-6 mos behind. Car insurance on the verge of lapsing. Phones, stuff like that all set to be shut off or on payment extensions. Just a whole mess I was blissfully unaware of. I have pared down any additional expenses on the truly necessary bills to the very bare minimum.
I’ve worked through every workable option from various calls to 211 and received help with the rent/pledges to take care of most of it so that was great! But it’s still an overwhelming avalanche because in using all these programs I’ll be ineligible for help for a time period from that church or not for profit. I’ve called them all, the traditional churches for small town America and also the Mormon, lutheran, Unitarian churches. That’s how I got as far as I did. My state was long depleted their Covid rental assistance. Beyond 211 for community action centers and church, are there other avenues or types of groups you’re aware of that might help one time or short term that 211 isn’t aware of, an untapped resource or hidden gem?
I have started a second job, working for McDonald’s and dollar general now since neither are great about 40 hours and they both are low paying but close to home (I’m not in a large town). I donate plasma but CSL isn’t being great $$ wise and it’s the only center close enough to use. I’m considering trying out door dashing or Uber eats or anything where my kids might be able to come along as I don’t have a sitter for night times and can’t leave them alone.
I understand I can’t fix all this overnight, but I’m hoping others who have struggled or are struggling might be able to think out of the box and tell their ideas for earning income in a way that I can still have my kids around/ kid friendly or something that might work when you don’t have a lot of options as a parent or in jobs. I have attempted to find side jobs on Nextdoor but the babysitting and housekeeping market at least seems to be pretty saturated. I’m not afraid to work hard on my off hours, just don’t know what to offer or ways to do it. I’m hoping you can think outside the box for me and tell me what worked for you to raise the funds.
It has been an absolute struggle to provide but I was able to do a meeting for food stamps and Medicaid for my kids. My social worker is going to try to get me benefits within a week she says. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel there and not a moment too soon bc it had gotten to the point where I couldn’t personally eat for days at a time. To know we are all close to regular nourishment is a blessing. Never in my life did I imagine at 40 I’d be struggling so hard that basic necessities like toiletries and sanitary/hygiene items, food, etc would become impossible to attain. This has been hell, and humiliating.
I’m also going to look into social security for my daughter with this partner (one was his) bc if I understand right she should qualify for benefits. We weren’t married but he is on her birth certificate. I don’t live in a common law state. The situation with his mom who is his next of kin is complicated so hopefully this will go smoothly.
If you’ve had this experience yourself as a young child or your children have I will gladly take ANY advice you have on helping my children hell. Our daughter together is just absolutely lost and desperate to go to heaven too. I can’t answer their questions bc I have many myself. I’m trying to support them the best I can, but I’ll take any advice. Parenting is hard. Parenting when you’re broken is the most difficult thing I’ve ever lived.
Also, does Medicaid cover counseling/therapy for children, or is it something you just have to find on your own? I feel the kids might benefit from this. They have seen and felt things a kid never should from that day forward.
Please give me alllll the advice. I will accept it with an open mind and heart. My goal is just to dig out of this mess, but I can’t see the big picture when all the little ones are flashing by like this. Hopefully this made sense. If you read this far, thank you.
So I go to a Lutheran church in my city, and we're right across the road from an Anglican church. Today we had a joint session in our church for Palm Sunday and everyone was so respectful and nice. The Anglicans brought over their choir to sing (something that we don't have) and it was a very nice addition to the service. Our Lutheran pastor lead the service and the Anglican pastor (vicar?) gave a homily that was filled with thanks and praise. We then did a procession around the block and went back to our respective churches for communion.
It was so nice to see this display of Ecumenism during such an important time for Christians. Let us all hope that we have more fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ in the future.
Hi everyone. My wife and I and our 14 month old daughter are looking into moving to Chicago to finish school online and find better job opportunities. I currently live in Sioux City, Iowa which is 15x smaller than Chicago, so I dont have much experience with huge cities. Any advice would be great! Thank you.
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John A. Salmond (author) - Miss Lucy of the CIO: The Life and Times of Lucy Randolph Mason, 1882-1959 (1988)
https://archive.org/details/misslucyofciolif00salm (Borrowable for 14 days)
John A. Salmond (author) - Gastonia 1929: The Story of the Loray Mill Strike (1995)
https://archive.org/details/gastonia1929stor0000salm (Borrowable for 14 days)
John A. Salmond (author) - The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama (2002)
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John A. Salmond (author) - Southern Struggles: The Southern Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Struggle (2004)
https://archive.org/details/southernstruggle0000salm (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Bernie Sanders (author) - Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (2017)
https://archive.org/details/ourrevolutionfut0000sand_z4d0 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Bernie Sanders, Huck Gutman - Outsider in the White House (2015)
https://archive.org/details/outsiderinwhiteh0000sand (Borrowable for 14 days)
Alexander Saxton - The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California (1971)
https://archive.org/details/indispensableene0000saxt_k0b4 (Borrowable for 14 days)
James D. Schmidt (author) - Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor (2010)
https://archive.org/details/industrialviolen0000schm (Borrowable for 14 days)
Dorothee Schneider - Trade Unions and Community: The German Working Class in New York City, 1870-1900 (1994)
https://archive.org/details/isbn_025202057 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Richard Schneirov, Shelton Stromquist, Nick Salvatore - The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics (1999)
https://archive.org/details/pullmanstrikecri0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Richard Schneirov, Thomas J. Suhrbur - Union Brotherhood, Union Town: The History of the Carpenters' Union of Chicago, 1863-1987 (1988)
https://archive.org/details/unionbrotherhood0000schn (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert Schrank - Wasn't That a Time?: Growing up Radical and Red in America (1998)
https://archive.org/details/wasntthattimegro00schr (Borrowable for 14 days)
George E. Schultze - Strangers in a Foreign Land: The Organizing of Catholic Latinos in the United States (2007)
https://archive.org/details/strangersinforei0000schu (Borrowable for 14 days)
Carlos A. Schwantes - Radical Heritage: Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917 (1979)
https://archive.org/details/radicalheritagel0000schw (Borrowable for 14 days)
Jack Scott (author) - Sweat and Struggle: Working Class Struggles in Canada: Vol. 1: 1789-1899 (1974)
https://archive.org/details/sweatstrugglewor00scot (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Jack Scott (author) - Trade Unions and Imperialism in America: Volume I: Yankee Unions, Go Home!: How the AFL Helped the U.S. Build an Empire in Latin America (1978)
https://archive.org/details/yankeeunionsgoho0001scot (Borrowable for 14 days)
Jack Scott (author) - Trade Unions and Imperialism in America: Volume II: Canadian Workers, American Unions (1978)
https://archive.org/details/canadianworkersa00scot (Borrowable for 14 days)
Douglas P. Seaton - Catholics and Radicals: The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists and the American Labor Movement, from Depression to Cold War (1981)
https://archive.org/details/catholicsradical0000seat (Borrowable for 14 days)
Kerry Segrave (author) -Actors Organize: A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919 (2008)
https://archive.org/details/actorsorganizehi0000segr (Borrowable for 14 days)
Kerry Segrave (author) - Film Actors Organize: Union Formation Efforts in America, 1912-1937 (2009)
https://archive.org/details/filmactorsorgani0000segr (Borrowable for 14 days)
Nigel Anthony Sellars - Oil, Wheat & Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma, 1905-1930 (1998)
https://archive.org/details/oilwheatwobblies0000sell (Borrowable for 14 days)
David F. Selvin - Sam Gompers: Labor's Pioneer (1964)
https://archive.org/details/samgomperslabors00davi (Borrowable for 1 hour)
David F. Selvin - Eugene Debs: Rebel, Labor Leader, Prophet (1966)
https://archive.org/details/eugenedebsrebell00selv (Borrowable for 1 hour)
David F. Selvin - Champions of Labor (1967)
https://archive.org/details/championsoflabor00selv (Borrowable for 14 days)
L. Glen Seretan - Daniel DeLeon: The Odyssey of an American Marxist (1979)
https://archive.org/details/danieldeleonodys00sere (Borrowable for 14 days)
Vivian Shalla (editor) - Working in a Global Era: Canadian Perspectives (Second Edition; 2011)
https://archive.org/details/workinginglobale0000unse_t4e0 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
David A. Shannon - The Socialist Party of America: A History (1955)
https://archive.org/details/socialistpartyof0000davi (Borrowable for 1 hour)
David A. Shannon - The Decline of American Communism: A History of the Communist Party of the United States since 1945 (1959)
https://archive.org/details/declineofamerica0000shan (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Randy Shaw (author) - Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century (2008)
https://archive.org/details/beyondfieldscesa0000shaw_p2f2 (Borrowable for 14 days)
George William Shea - Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile Strike (2001)
https://archive.org/details/spoiledsilkredma0000shea (Borrowable for 14 days)
David K. Shipler - The Working Poor: Invisible in America (2005)
https://archive.org/details/workingpoor00davi (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Robert Shogan (author) - The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising (2004)
https://archive.org/details/battleofblairmou00shog (Borrowable for 14 days)
Elliott Shore, Ken Fones-Wolf, James P. Danky - The German-American Radical Press: The Shaping of a Left Political Culture, 1850-1940 (1992)
https://archive.org/details/germanamericanra0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Gregg Shotwell - Autoworkers Under the Gun: A Shop-Floor View of the End of the American Dream (2011)
https://archive.org/details/autoworkersunder0000shot (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Beth Shulman (author) - The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families (2005)
https://archive.org/details/betrayalofworkho00shul (Borrowable for 14 days)
A. M. Simons - Class Struggles in America (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged) (1906)
https://archive.org/details/classstrugglesi00simo (Public domain)
Manisha Sinha - The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (2016)
https://archive.org/details/slavescausehisto0000sinh (Borrowable for 14 days)
Clayton Sinyai (author) - Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement (2006)
https://archive.org/details/schoolsofdemocra00siny (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert Michael Smith (author) - From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States (2003)
https://archive.org/details/fromblackjacksto0000smit (Borrowable for 14 days)
Sharon Smith - Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States (2006)
https://archive.org/details/isbn_2901931859232 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Walker C. Smith - The Everett Massacre: A History of the Class Struggle in the Lumber Industry (1920?)
https://archive.org/details/everettmassacreh00smituoft (Public domain)
Mark Solomon - The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans, 1917-36 (1998)
https://archive.org/details/crywasunitycommu0000solo (Borrowable for 14 days)
John Spargo (author) - The Bitter Cry of the Children (1906)
https://archive.org/details/bittercryofchild00spar (Public domain)
Eugene Staley - History of the Illinois State Federation of Labor (1930)
https://archive.org/details/historyofillinoi00stal (Shared by publisher)
Joseph R. Starobin - American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957 (1972)
https://archive.org/details/americancommunis0000star (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert S. Starobin - Industrial Slavery in the Old South (1970)
https://archive.org/details/industrialslaver00star (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Gerald Emanuel Stearn - Gompers (1971)
https://archive.org/details/gompers0000stea (Borrowable for 14 days)
Jason Stein, Patrick Marley - More Than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin (2013)
https://archive.org/details/morethantheybarg0000stei_y7v1 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Leon Stein - Out of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy (1977)
https://archive.org/details/outofsweatshopst0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Grace Heilman Stimson - Rise of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles (1955)
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Benjamin Stolberg - The Story of the CIO (1938)
https://archive.org/details/storyofcio0000benj (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Benjamin Stolberg - Tailor's Progress: The Story of a Famous Union and the Men Who Made It (1944)
https://archive.org/details/tailorsprogresss0000benj (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Ben Stone - Memoirs of a Radical Rank & Filer (1986)
https://archive.org/details/memoirsofradical00stonrich (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Randi Storch - Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 (2007)
https://archive.org/details/redchicagoameric0000stor (Borrowable for 14 days)
Mike Stout - Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years: Local 1397 and the Fight for Union Democracy (2020)
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David O. Stowell - The Great Strikes of 1877 (2008)
https://archive.org/details/greatstrikesof180000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Richard Steven Street (author) - Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 (2004)
https://archive.org/details/beastsoffieldnar0000stre (Borrowable for 14 days)
Shelton Stromquist - Solidarity and Survival: An Oral History of Iowa Labor in the Twentieth Century (1993)
https://archive.org/details/solidaritysurviv0000stro (Borrowable for 1 hour)
W. A. Swanberg - Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist (1976)
https://archive.org/details/normanthomaslast00swan (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Philip Taft - The A.F. of L. in the Time of Gompers (1957)
https://archive.org/details/afoflintimeofgom0000taft_m6c3 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Philip Taft - The A. F. of L. From the Death of Gompers to the Merger (1959)
https://archive.org/details/afoflfromdeathof0000taft (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Philip Taft - Organized Labor in American History (1964)
https://archive.org/details/organizedlaborin00phil (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Philip Taft - Labor Politics American Style: The California State Federation of Labor (1968)
https://archive.org/details/laborpoliticsame0000taft (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Philip Taft - United They Teach: The Story of the United Federation of Teachers (1974)
https://archive.org/details/unitedtheyteachs0000taft (Borrowable for 14 days)
Philip Taft, Gary M. Fink - Organizing Dixie: Alabama Workers in the Industrial Era (1981)
https://archive.org/details/organizingdixiea0000taft (Borrowable for 14 days)
Vanessa Tait (author) - Poor Workers' Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below (2005)
https://archive.org/details/poorworkersunion0000tait (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Stuart Tannock - Youth at Work: The Unionized Fast-food and Grocery Workplace (2001)
https://archive.org/details/youthatworkunion0000tann (Borrowable for 14 days)
Norman Thomas - A Socialist's Faith (1951)
https://archive.org/details/socialistsfaith0000norm (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Charles D. Thompson Jr., Melinda F. Wiggins - The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy (2002)
https://archive.org/details/humancostoffoodf0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Fred Thompson - The I. W. W.: Its First Seventy Years (1905-1975): The History of an Effort to Organize the Working Class (1976)
https://archive.org/details/iwwitsfirstseven0000thom (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Gabriel Thompson (author) - Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do (2010)
https://archive.org/details/isbn_2901568586389 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Florence Calvert Thorne - Samuel Gompers-American Statesman (1957)
https://archive.org/details/samuelgompersame0000flor_w7n9 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Charlotte Todes - Labor and Lumber (1931)
https://archive.org/details/laborlumber0000tode (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Anne Huber Tripp - The I.W.W. and the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 (1987)
https://archive.org/details/iwwpatersonsilks0000trip (Borrowable for 14 days)
Leo Troy - Organized Labor in New Jersey (1965)
https://archive.org/details/organizedlaborin0000troy (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Louis Uchitelle - The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences (2007)
https://archive.org/details/disposableameric0000uchi_t7h0 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Donna L. Van Raaphorst - Union Maids Not Wanted: Organizing Domestic Workers, 1870-1940 (1988)
https://archive.org/details/unionmaidsnotwan0000vanr (Borrowable for 14 days)
Warren Van Tine, C. J. Slanicka, Sandra Jordan, Michael Pierce - In the Workers' Interest: A History of the Ohio AFL-CIO, 1958-1998 (1998)
https://archive.org/details/inworkersinteres0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Zaragosa Vargas (author) - Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in Twentieth-Century America (2005)
https://archive.org/details/laborrightsareci0000varg (Borrowable for 14 days)
David Von Drehle (author) - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America (2003)
https://archive.org/details/trianglefirethat00vond (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Bill Waiser - All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-to-Ottowa Trek and Regina Riot (2003)
https://archive.org/details/allhellcantstopu0000wais (Borrowable for 14 days)
Louis Waldman - Albany: The Crisis in Government: The History of the Suspension, Trial and Expulsion from the New York State Legislature in 1920 of the Five Socialist Assemblymen by Their Political Opponents (1920)
https://archive.org/details/albanycrisisin00wald (Public domain)
Louis Waldman (author) - Labor Lawyer (1944)
https://archive.org/details/laborlawyer00wald (Borrowable for 1 hour)
G. C. Waldrep III - Southern Workers and the Search for Community: Spartanburg County, South Carolina (2000)
https://archive.org/details/southernworkerss0000wald (Borrowable for 14 days)
Marcia Walker-McWilliams - Reverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality (2016)
https://archive.org/details/reverendaddiewya0000walk (Borrowable for 14 days)
Norman J. Ware - The Labor Movement in the United States, 1860-1895: A Study in Democracy (1929)
https://archive.org/details/labormovementinu0000norm (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Jim Warren, Kathleen Carlisle (authors) - On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan (2005)
https://archive.org/details/onsideofpeoplehi0000warr (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Alan J. Watt - Farm Workers and the Churches: The Movement in California and Texas (2010)
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John Weber - From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century (2015)
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https://archive.org/details/betweenrivermoun0000wehr (Borrowable for 1 hour)
James Weinstein - The Decline of Socialism in America, 1912-1925 (1967)
https://archive.org/details/declineofsociali00weinrich (Borrowable for 1 hour)
James Weinstein - Ambiguous Legacy: The Left in American Politics (1975)
https://archive.org/details/ambiguouslegacyl0000wein (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert E. Weir, James P. Hanlan - Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor: Volume 1: A-O (2004)
https://archive.org/details/historicalencycl0001unse_h1d4 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert E. Weir, James P. Hanlan - Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor: Volume 2: P-Z (2004)
https://archive.org/details/historicalencycl0002unse (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Vera Buch Weisbord - A Radical Life (1977)
https://archive.org/details/radicallife00weis (Borrowable for 14 days)
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Charles M. White - The Socialist Labor Party, 1890-1903 (1959)
https://archive.org/details/59-white-socialistlaborparty (Dissertation)
Lynn Williams - One Day Longer: A Memoir (2011)
https://archive.org/details/onedaylongermemo0000will (Borrowable for 14 days)
John Williamson - Dangerous Scot: The Life and Work of an American "Undesirable" (1969)
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https://archive.org/details/laborscivilwarin0000wins (Borrowable for 14 days)
Donald E. Winters Jr. - The Soul of the Wobblies: The I.W.W., Religion, and American Culture in the Progressive Era, 1905-1917 (1985)
https://archive.org/details/soulofwobblies00wint (Borrowable for 14 days)
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https://archive.org/details/fightingforunion0000wole (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Leon Wolff - Lockout: The Story of the Homestead Strike of 1892: A Study of Violence, Unionism, and the Carnegie Steel Empire (1965)
https://archive.org/details/lockoutstoryofho0000wolf (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Darren Cushman Wood (author) - Blue Collar Jesus: How Christianity Supports Workers' Rights (2004)
https://archive.org/details/bluecollarjesush0000wood (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Woodrum (author) - "Everybody Was Black Down There": Race and Industrial Change in the Alabama Coalfields (2007)
https://archive.org/details/everybodywasblac0000wood (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Roy T. Wortman - From Syndicalism to Trade Unionism: The IWW in Ohio, 1905-1950 (1985)
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Michael D. Yates (author) - Why Unions Matter (Second Edition; 2009)
https://archive.org/details/whyunionsmatter02edyate (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Samuel Yellen - American Labor Struggles (1936)
https://archive.org/details/trent_0116301936195 (Borrowable for 1 hour)
Robert H. Zieger (author) - Republicans and Labor, 1919-1929 (1969)
https://archive.org/details/republicanslabor0000zieg (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Zieger - John L. Lewis: Labor Leader (1988)
https://archive.org/details/johnllewislaborl00zieg_4 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Zieger (editor) - Organized Labor in the Twentieth-Century South (1991)
https://archive.org/details/organizedlaborin00robe (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Zieger (author) - The CIO, 1935-1955 (1995)
https://archive.org/details/cio193519550000zieg (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Zieger (editor) - Southern Labor in Transition, 1940-1995 (1997)
https://archive.org/details/southernlaborint0000unse (Borrowable for 14 days)
Robert H. Zieger, Gilbert J. Gall - American Workers, American Unions: The Twentieth Century (Third Edition) (2002)
https://archive.org/details/americanworkersa0000zieg (Borrowable for 14 days)
Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D. G. Kelley - Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (2001)
https://archive.org/details/threestrikesmine0000zinn_c7g3 (Borrowable for 14 days)
Arthur Zipser, Pearl Zipser - Fire and Grace: The Life of Rose Pastor Stokes (1989)
https://archive.org/details/firegracelifeofr0000zips (Borrowable for 14 days)