{"product_id":"handbook-for-the-revolution-building-a-more-perfect-union-for-the-twenty-first-century-9780374613716","title":"Handbook for the Revolution: Building a More Perfect Union for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the cofounder of the Amazon Labor Union, a definitive how-to guide to workplace organizing told through a David vs. Goliath chronicle for the ages. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn April 1, 2022, the Amazon warehouse known as JFK8, in Staten Island, notched an improbable victory when its workers voted to become the company's first unionized facility. Miraculously, a completely self-taught and worker-led union had defeated one of the most powerful corporations on the planet. In the aftermath, two of the founders of the Amazon Labor Union, Derrick Palmer and Chris Smalls, began traveling across the country to help workers at Amazon and other corporations form their own unions. Unsurprisingly, nearly everyone they met had the same question: \u003ci\u003eHow did they do it? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Handbook for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Derrick Palmer, who continues to work at JFK8, provides the answer in the form of a how-to guide to organizing in today's workplace while providing gripping, never before-told anecdotes from the ALU's fight and its plans for the future. Practical, philosophical, and full of personality, Palmer's manual-cum-manifesto is an accessible step-by-step playbook for the often contentious and complex process of unionization, and a powerful call for equality--and greater understanding--through worker solidarity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of hard-won lessons and personal experience, and written in the context of mass consolidation, fluctuating labor laws, and an ever widening wealth gap, \u003ci\u003eHandbook for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for the modern labor movement, a thrilling chronicle of persistence, and an inspiring push for change in the workplace--and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derrick Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Auwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374613716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDerrick Palmer is the cofounder of the Amazon Labor Union, which in 2022 successfully unionized an Amazon warehouse for the first time in the company's history. In 2022, he and union cofounder Christian Smalls were honored with placement on \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Most Influential People list and as one of the Dynamic Duos on \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e's Power 100 list. He continues to work at the Amazon JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, where he lives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Derrick Palmer \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48229531222173,"sku":"9780374613716","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_72de17a7-0703-434e-bc09-8fca0e9d644e.jpg?v=1778576476","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/handbook-for-the-revolution-building-a-more-perfect-union-for-the-twenty-first-century-9780374613716","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}