Labor category: 1449 books
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Albert Ackalitis was a member of the Arsenal gang that staged the most lucrative robbery in the history of Brooklyn in 1934. This was the heist of a Rubel Ice Cream armored car. Ackalitis also thieved from truck drivers who operated near the Battery in New York City. Years later he was tutored as...
by Michael D. Yates
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society...
Playing Against the House
The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
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.
“Salting” is a simple concept—get hired...
Poor Workers' Unions
Rebuilding Labor from Below (Completely Revised and Updated Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
A classic account of low-wage workers’ organization that the US Department of Labor calls one of the “100 books that has shaped work in America.”
As low-wage organizing campaigns have been reignited by the Fight for 15 movement and other workplace struggles, Poor Workers’ Unions is as prescient as ever.
Employing Bureaucracy
Managers, Unions, and the Transformation of Work in the 20th Century, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2004
Deftly blending social and business history with economic analysis, Employing Bureaucracy shows how the American workplace shifted from a market-oriented system to a bureaucratic one over the course of the 20th century. Jacoby explains how an unstable, haphazard employment relationship evolved into...
Dear Minister Poletti
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF WORK IN ITALY
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
The revolution of the labor market in Italy. In a letter all the information to change the labor market in Italy. A letter full of suggestions, updates and hopes for the Italian people. A letter other than one that the Italian government has received from the European Commission. A letter even more important that just shows how the work will heal Italy.
Our Daily Bread
Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. Beyond being a quantitative reflection of productivity or bargaining power, a wage is a political arena in which working people's identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. In Our Daily Bread, Mann examines...
Right Out of California
The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
“Olmsted finds in Depression-era California the crucible for strong-arm policies against farm workers that bolstered the conservative movement” (Kirkus Reviews).
At a time when a resurgent immigrant labor movement is making urgent demands on twenty-first-century America—and when a new...
Much More Than a Game
Players, Owners, and American Baseball since 1921
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
To most Americans, baseball is just a sport; but to those who own baseball teams--and those who play on them--our national pastime is much more than a game. In this book, Robert Burk traces the turbulent labor history of American baseball since 1921. His comprehensive, readable account details the...
A City At War
Milwaukee Labor During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Milwaukeeans greeted the advent of World War II with the same determination as other Americans. Everyone felt the effect of the war, whether through concern for loved ones in danger, longer work hours, consumer shortages, or participation in war service organizations and drives. Men and women workers...
Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains
Is a Social Label the Answer?
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does...
by . Collection
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
How to help the unemployed? This subject developed by Henry George is more relevant to our time when unemployment becomes a major problem. Henry George, famous for his book titled Progress and Poverty, was American political economist who developed a "tax reform" project and promoted economic...
by Isuru Abeysinghe
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Analyzes the current economic system from a structural perspective, free market principals and proposes a future where robotics and automation are used in place of human labor. How can we have a free market when human labor is highly politicized and rigid? What impact could a AI revolution have on human social structures and what advantages could arise from this possible future?
by Damian Grimshaw
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries. Building on original industry case studies, the...