On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union

On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union by Daisy Pitkin

288 Pages

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Release Date: March 29, 2022

Nonfiction (Adult), Politics, Unions, Minority Workers, Working Environments

Daisy is a young union labor organizer in Arizona. She meets Alma, an immigrant worker and together they begin a five-year struggle to form a union. Daisy tells readers what it was like to covertly meet with workers and the importance of having safe working environments. Alma works as a translator and becomes a go between from the organizers and the workers.

The book is written historically accurate and with a descriptive style, so I felt I was a part of the movement. It was sad to learn about the working conditions, and how management would tell the workers to handle situations. This book reminded me of the movie Norma Rae with Sally Field. If you believe all workers have rights to safe working environments, you should read this book.