James D. Walsh

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James Walsh’s work has appeared on the websites of The New Yorker, Esquire, and GlobalPost. He is on the editorial staff at New York magazine. Playing Against the House is his first book.

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Playing Against the House

The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer

By James D. Walsh

In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich’s classic Nickel and Dimed, a talented young journalist goes undercover as a casino labor-union organizer in this rare inside look at the ongoing struggle of hourly-wage service workers to survive in America.

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