A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance During the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989-1990
The miners' strike against Pittston Coal in 1989–1990, which spread throughout southwestern Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky, was one of the most important strikes in the history of American labor, and, as Richard Brisbin observes, "one of the longest and largest incidents of civil disorder and civil disobedience in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century." The company aggressively sought to break the strike, and workers and their families used a variety of tactics—lawful and unlawful—to resist Pittston's efforts as the situation quickly turned ugly.
In A Strike like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989–1990, Richard Brisbin offers a compelling study of the exercise of political power. In considering the legal significance of the strike, Brisbin asks the larger question of whether even extreme transgression or resistance can fracture the "imagined coherence of the law." He shows how each party in the strike invoked the law to justify its actions while attacking those of the other side as unlawful. In the end, both sides lost; although the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the union, most of the strikers faced elimination of their jobs and an ongoing struggle for pensions and health benefits.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: A History of Pittston Farm
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: A History of Pittston Farm was first published in print in 1995 and quickly sold out of three printings. This book has been out of print for over 10 years and is now being made available in a Kindle edition.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: A History of Pittston Farm provides a brief history of the Pittston Farm Lodge near Greenville, Maine. Pittston Farm was once owned by Great Northern Paper Company and is now a sporting lodge.
(Reprint) 1941 Yearbook: Pittston Area High School, Pittston, Pennsylvania
This copy is a softcover reprint of a previously owned high school yearbook. Whether you no longer have your own copy or want to surprise someone with a unique gift, the memories in this yearbook are sure to make someone smile! All the pages and images are reproduced as-is, which means your copy may show handwriting or effects of aging, and that certain pages, images, or other content may be omitted, missing, or obscured. Don't miss out! Bring home a piece of your history.