SuitabookKids on strike!
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Reading
- Read in short sections, pausing to look closely at the photographs and identify what each can show about workers’ lives. Keep a timeline nearby to track the different strikes.
- Themes
- Child workers’ strikes: Young workers organise and demand better wages, fairer housing costs and safer working environments. The book presents these events as historical accounts of workers organising around conditions and demands.
- Worth knowing
- The book addresses children working long hours in harsh conditions. A child may want support discussing the difference between those historical workplaces and their own experiences.