Labour category: 1663 books
Disposable Domestics
Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity is that of a drain. Grace Chang's vital account of immigrant women—who work as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
This volume analyses employee participation in under- researched countries and whose economic institutions differ from the Anglo-American context. Part one of the volume is dedicated to China. In a context in which economic decisions made by companies are closely influenced by the political institutions...
Trade Unions and the State
The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions?
In analyzing how an entirely new...
People's Warrior
John Moss and the Fight for Freedom of Information and Consumer Rights
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
It is hard to believe that there was a time, not long ago, when there was no right to obtain government information, no protection against hazards in children's toys and other consumer products, no federal safety standards for motor vehicles, and no insurance to protect an investors' money and securities...
The Method of Freedom
An Errico Malatesta Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
For sixty years, Errico Malatesta's involvement with international anarchism helped fuel the movement's radical approach to class and labor, and directly impacted the workers' movement in Italy. A talented newspaper journalist, Malatesta's biting critiques were frequently short and to the point-and...
Trucking Country
The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait of the rural highways of the American heartland, and in doing so explains why working-class populist...
Ungrateful
The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Because of what my mother and grandparents instilled in me, I live my life daily fighting for the rights of working people. By publishing this book, and sharing my story, I hope that readers will benefit from my experience. The impact from the attacks on labor radiates in all directions, like the...
by Pamela Nowicka
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
This guide demystifies the often invisible impacts of global tourism, one of the biggest industries in the world, from labor conditions to development by stealth, to the role of elites and the cultural impacts on both the visitor and the visited.
It also takes in themes such as the gap year...
The Last Professors
The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A powerful wake-up call about the threats to the heart of college and university life-the professoriate.
Hard Work
Remaking the American Labor Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2004
This concise overview of the labor movement in the United States focuses on why American workers have failed to develop the powerful unions that exist in other industrialized countries. Packed with valuable analysis and information, Hard Work explores historical perspectives, examines social and political...
by Mark P. Mills
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Are robots finally replacing humans? Does the emerging age of artificial intelligence and automation mean we will soon see “peak jobs” and the need for a Universal Basic Income to support a widening swath of hapless citizens unsuited for employment in a primarily “knowledge” workforce? Improving...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The Anthropology of Labor Unions presents ethnographic data and analysis in eight case studies from several very diverse industries. It covers a wide range of topics, from the role of women and community in strikes to the importance of place in organization, and addresses global concerns with studies...
Labor and the Locavore
The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
In the blizzard of attention around the virtues of local food production, food writers and activists place environmental protection, animal welfare, and saving small farms at the forefront of their attention. Yet amid this turn to wholesome and responsible food choices, the lives and working conditions...
With God on Our Side
The Struggle for Workers' Rights in a Catholic Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
When unions undertake labor organizing campaigns, they often do so from strong moral positions, contrasting workers’ rights to decent pay or better working conditions with the more venal financial motives of management. But how does labor confront management when management itself has moral legitimacy?...