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Babies and Bosses - Reconciling Work and Family Life (Volume 1): Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands (Babies and Bosses: Reconciling Work and Family Life)
by Organization For Economic Cooperation &  Publisher Comments Reconciling work and family life involves two key goals for both individuals and society: being able to work and earn an income and to provide care and nurturing for one's family. These reviews of the reconciliation of work and family life in OECD...
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Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
by Jon (edt) Kraus Publisher Comments In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most...
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The Unmaking of the American Working Class
by Reg Theriault Publisher Comments Drawing on his experiences as a veteran longshoreman and fruit tramp, Reg Theriault, author of How to Tell When You're Tired, which Robert Heilbroner called "extraordinary, " describes the blue-collar culture and ethics that have defined America, and...
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Conquistadores de La Calle: Child Street Labor in Guatemala City
by Thomas A. Offit Publisher Comments The first comprehensive, book-length study of its kind, Conquistadores de la Calle presents the findings of nearly two years of ethnographic research on the streets of Guatemala City, toppling conventional wisdom that the region's youth workers are...
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Benefits for the Workplace of the Future
by Olivia S Mitchell Publisher Comments The workforce of the future promises to be very different from that of the past. A generation ago, there were few workers over the age of 65, but in the future we will see many more employees remain on the job longer than ever before. At the same time...
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Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration (07 Edition)
by Pager Publisher Comments Nearly every job application asks it: have you ever been convicted of a crime? For the hundreds of thousands of young men leaving American prisons each year—a number that has exploded in recent decades with the growth of the prison system—...
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No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade and the Rights of Garment Workers
by Andrew Ross Publisher Comments A hard-hitting expose of the chasm between the glamour of the fashion catwalk and the squalor of the sweatshop and how you can join the growing global campaign of consumer groups, human rights activists and international labor organizations to close down...
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The Unaffordable Nation: Searching for a Decent Life in America
by Jeffrey Jones Publisher Comments The American dream used to mean that hard work guaranteed a decent life. However, that article of faith is no more. Here, Jones outlines the respective obligations of government and individuals in ensuring a life that is affordable for every person who...
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Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era
by Peter C. D. Matanle Publisher Comments Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era provides an in-depth examination of one of the most central and defining aspects of capitalist modernity in contemporary Japan--the lifetime employment system. <BR>The book investigates the key...
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Freedom in the Workplace
by Cook Samuel Publisher Comments Cook exposes the hidden facts of his client's heroic crusade againist incompetence, autocracy, greed, and corruption....
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Nameless Towns: Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942
by Thad Sitton Publisher Comments Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company "cut out" its last trees. But during their heyday, these company...
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Unions in Crisis?: The Future of Organized Labor in America (American Social and Political Movements)
by Michael Schiavone Publisher Comments Unionism in the United States was quite successful during and after World War II, especially during the "golden years" of American capitalism (1947-73) as workers' wages increased quite dramatically in a number of industries. For example, average hourly...
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Trade Unionism and Labor Problems
by John Rogers Commons Synopsis This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional...
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Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power
by C. Fred Alford Publisher Comments In a dark departure from our standard picture of whistleblowers, C. Fred Alford offers a chilling account of the world of people who have come forward to protest organizational malfeasance in government agencies and in the private sector. The...
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Labour Markets in an Ageing Europe
by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments In this volume demographers and labour economists review the implications of the ageing of the European labour force....
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Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition
by Kathleen Barker Publisher Comments The successful 1997 strike by the Teamsters against UPS, and the overwhelming support the American public gave the strikers highlighted the impact of contingent work--an umbrella term for a variety of tenuous and insecure employment arrangements. This...
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Labored Relations: Law, Politics, and the NLRB - A Memoir
by William B Gould Publisher Comments andquot;This book is about the relationship between law, a quasi-judicial administrative agency, and politics, in the volatile arena of labor policy and the balance of power between labor and management.... It is about the rule of law and the role of...
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Shifting Employment: Undeclared Labour in Construction
by Jan (edt) Cremers Publisher Comments Reporting on the national investigations of undeclared labor in 10 European countries, this study analyzes the variety of forms of black labor in the construction industry. From the evidence of the reports, the highest incidence of undeclared labor...
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New Frontiers in European Industrial Relations (Industrial Relations in Context)
by Anthony Ferner Publisher Comments Building on the highly successful Industrial Relations in the New Europe, this new text for students of industrial relations and human resource management examines some of the key comparative themes of European industrial relations in the 1990's. A team...
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The Elimination of Child Labour: Whose Responsibility?: A Practical Workbook
by Pramila H Bhargava Publisher Comments `This is an inspiring, humbling account of what can be done with vision backed by infinite determination. And though the book tells of a relatively small success, affecting a few thousand children in one district, it's also a handbook for others to...
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