Give Children the Holiday Classic That Builds the Labor Movement!
For years sanitation worker Jake has repaired and painted broken toys he pulled from the trash on his rounds and given to the children in the local shelter at Christmas. But when an angry motorist turns Jake in to the sanitation company, Jake is fired for breaking city regulations. His union takes the case to arbitration. There, the union brings in a crowd of children, who show the judge the toys Jake gave them and testify that the gifts taught them the true spirit of the holidays. The judge reinstates Jake, and the union announces they will organize a city-wide toy collection for all the children in all the shelters: the Good Guy Jake Toy Drive. Release date September 5, 2017.
Order a copy: click on the Add to Cart button below.
For years sanitation worker Jake has repaired and painted broken toys he pulled from the trash on his rounds and given to the children in the local shelter at Christmas. But when an angry motorist turns Jake in to the sanitation company, Jake is fired for breaking city regulations. His union takes the case to arbitration. There, the union brings in a crowd of children, who show the judge the toys Jake gave them and testify that the gifts taught them the true spirit of the holidays. The judge reinstates Jake, and the union announces they will organize a city-wide toy collection for all the children in all the shelters: the Good Guy Jake Toy Drive. Release date September 5, 2017.
Order a copy: click on the Add to Cart button below.
GOOD GUY JAKE PAPERBACK - $12.50
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GOOD GUY JAKE HARDCOVER - $20.00
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Progressive parents want to see their own values of compassion, empathy, collectivism, anti-racism and tolerance passed on to their children. But if there’s one thing children can be, it’s rebellious. Pushy parents can turn their kids off of what they espouse. Examples abound of children choosing the opposite paths that their parents hoped for them.
So how do we instill a social conscience in our kids without it backfiring?
CLICK HERE to listen to Steve Early interviewed in Rising Up With Sonali for some insight into the progressive parenting paradox.
So how do we instill a social conscience in our kids without it backfiring?
CLICK HERE to listen to Steve Early interviewed in Rising Up With Sonali for some insight into the progressive parenting paradox.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Torres serves as General Counsel to Teamsters Union Local 810, a large New York City area labor union. Mark handles all of the Union’s labor and employment matters, along with overseeing the Union’s pension and welfare funds. Mark is also a former Engineer and union shop steward whose commitment to the Labor movement spans nearly 30 years. Mark’s debut novel, entitled “A Stirring in the North Fork”, is a fictional crime thriller about an attorney who stumbles onto an unsolved murder which occurred long ago on the North Fork of Long Island. He currently resides in Nassau County with his wife and three children. |
Bring Good Guy Jake to your local school, library and bookstore and ask them to order the book - children and their parents will learn about the good work that unions do!