Sheila Cohen

Sheila Cohen's stories are funny and observant. In a concise, spare prose, she illuminates the struggles, disappointments and hopes of a range of characters who all seem to be on the verge of turning their lives around. A warm-hearted and wise collection.

Why do we crave time off, then waste it? How To Have A Great Day Off is for anyone who has ever found themselves wasting a precious day off work. It's easy to do. Whether you have them every week or just here and there, a day off can be a blank diary page that remains blank, or it can be eight long hours of procrastination. Or it can be the restorative, productive and inspirational day that powers the rest of your week. Sheila Cohen, a former teacher and careers adviser, says it's time to take charge of your day off. In a witty whip through the delusions, blue-sky discoveries and panic-stricken dust-busting of the time she suddenly had after downsizing her working week, she offers a new solution. Name your day. Outlining 12 day-types, this book encourages you to think differently about your Day Off - how to make it happen.

Notoriously Militant is a primer on worker militancy. 'Ordinary' workers made history every day, through direct democracy and members' activity in their local T&GWU branch. The author explores links between everyday workplace struggles and movements for broader change; and outlines the dangers of union-management 'co-operation'. She interweaves stories of gender and ethnicity issues within the structures of a class-based industrial workplace.

A History of the Prison Officer's Association 1939-2009

Ramparts of Resistance examines the experience of British and US workers during the last three decades to show the urgency of the need for a new independent politics of trade unionism. The twentieth century saw great changes in the trade union movement, from waves of strikes in the 1970s to a battery of employer and state onslaughts, culminating in the anti-union legislation of the 1980s and 1990s. Looking at grassroots labour struggles, Cohen explores issues of reformism, trade union democracy and the political meaning of ordinary workplace resistance, and puts forward ideas for change. Ramparts of Resistance examines the failure of the union movement to rise to the neo-liberal challenge and calls for a new politics of independent unionism and an explicitly class-based renewal of workers' power. Coming at a time when union activity and membership involvement continues despite the odds, this book is an inspiring guide to the direction that unionism should take.

Ramparts of Resistance examines the experience of British and US workers during the last three decades to show the urgency of the need for a new independent politics of trade unionism. The twentieth century saw great changes in the trade union movement, from waves of strikes in the 1970s to a battery of employer and state onslaughts, culminating in the anti-union legislation of the 1980s and 1990s. Looking at grassroots labour struggles, Cohen explores issues of reformism, trade union democracy and the political meaning of ordinary workplace resistance, and puts forward ideas for change. Ramparts of Resistance examines the failure of the union movement to rise to the neo-liberal challenge and calls for a new politics of independent unionism and an explicitly class-based renewal of workers' power. Coming at a time when union activity and membership involvement continues despite the odds, this book is an inspiring guide to the direction that unionism should take.