{"product_id":"keep-going-a-guide-to-organizing-when-its-hard-9798887440996","title":"Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren't going as expected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganizing is full of challenges and dilemmas. How do you decide who to talk to, if your coworkers all seem scared or apathetic? What if you invite people to a meeting and no one comes? What should you do when your organizing committee is splitting apart? What if your own union leaders break your heart? This book will help you evaluate any situation and find a way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a half century of experiences in training and advising thousands of workplace activists, Ellen David Friedman teaches four essential principles and four basic ingredients of organizing. She shows how to apply these principles and ingredients to familiar situations and invites you to rethink common missteps. You'll start to see how you can get yourself unstuck, no matter what situation you're in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight featured true stories of workplace organizers bring the ideas to life, gorgeously illustrated by Fernando Martí.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen David Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887440996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Friedman, Ellen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen David Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e is a\u003cbr\u003eretired organizer with the Vermont affiliate of the National Education\u003cbr\u003eAssociation. She has trained and advised thousands of union members, staffers, \u003cbr\u003eand officers, and is the architect of the popular Labor Notes workshop\u003cbr\u003e\"What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart.\" She is a\u003cbr\u003eregular contributor to \u003ci\u003eLabor Notes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and chair of the\u003cbr\u003eLabor Notes board. She lives in Ithaca, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartí, Fernando:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFernando Martí\u003c\/b\u003e is a printmaker, community architect, writer, and poet based in San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ellen David Friedman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48968786083997,"sku":"9798887440996","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a9471d29-8d2a-4dc8-ba57-224c3e18aed2.jpg?v=1790752910","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/keep-going-a-guide-to-organizing-when-its-hard-9798887440996","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}