"This remarkable collection of interviews with screen industry professionals-from costume designers to location managers-is essential reading for anyone interested in how Hollywood actually works. Voices of Labor is a unique account of the contemporary conditions, experiences, and organization of media workers and is an important contribution to media industry research."-Ramon Lobato, author of Shadow Economies of Cinema
"By listening carefully to their interlocutors, Michael Curtin and Kevin Sanson craft a powerful elegy for organized labor, demonstrating how critical theory is sung to the everyday rhythms of the workplace."-Vicki Mayer, author of Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy
"Curtin and Sanson have assembled a star-studded cast of entertainment industry professionals with diverse talents, backgrounds, and perspectives. They tell a varied but consistent tale of the importance of organized labor and the challenges it faces when pitted against the forces of media consolidation and globalization, all set in that magical company town known as Hollywood."-Patric M. Verrone, writer and producer, former president, Writers Guild of America, West
