Labour's Online Bookstore
Where trade unionists buy their books on the net.

Our best-selling books


  1. The Troublemaker's Handbook

    This workplace-strategies manual covers all the how-to's, from agitating for better conditions to walking out.This book is an all-new follow-up to the 1991 Troublemaker’s Handbook, which has sold more than 20,000 copies.

  2. The Union Steward's Complete Guide

    The first edition of this book, published in 1997, quickly became the workplace bible for tens of thousands of stewards across North America. Some 45,000 copies later comes this new and expanded second edition.

  3. The Union Member's Complete Guide

    An easy-to-read, thorough explanation of what unions are, how they work, and the rights and responsibilities of membership. Countless workers today became union members only because they took jobs in previously organized workplaces and have little understanding of how unions work.

  4. Organizing for Social Change

    Now in its third edition, this is an organizer’s bible: a comprehensive, real-world tool for organizers of all stripes determined to create attention and affect change.

  5. How Internet Radio Can Change the World: An Activist's Handbook

    by Eric Lee, founding editor of LabourStart. Everything you need to know to listen to Internet Radio, including Radio LabourStart -- and how you can set up your own low-cost Internet Radio station.

If you're a trade unionist, welcome to your online bookshop.

LabourStart -- the online trade union news and campaigning website -- is very pleased to have partnered with two unionized bookshops to offer the very best selection of books to trade unionists around the world.

We are working closely with Union Communication Services (UCS), which has a large selection of books specifically aimed at trade unionists, many of which cannot be found anywhere else.

We are also partnered with the Portland, Oregon-based Powells bookshop, which was unionized several years ago.

We currently have 289 books in our database and that number grows every single day.

By shopping online at either of these bookshops, using the links above, you are supporting unionized workers and the LabourStart project. Thanks very much!

Missed a book recently that was advertised on the front page of LabourStart? Click here to see all recent LabourStart books of the day.

To learn more about why we're now selling books online, read "Educate, Agitate, Organize, Sell Books Online".