Labour category: 1663 books
Whistleblowing
Law and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
First cumulative supplement to the 3rd Edition now available: http://bit.ly/2t1OxGO This book provides a detailed survey of the law relating to public interest disclosure. It examines how the system has developed since the coming into force of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), and provides...
Building the Golden Gate Bridge
A Workers' Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate Bridge is the first book to primarily feature the voices of the workers themselves. This is the story of survivors who vividly recall the hardships, hazards, and victories...
by Vanna Boffo
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The topics of work flexibility, precarious jobs, and the relationship between work, the market and production are subjects that are widely debated in the sociological, philosophical, economic and political spheres. Yet these topics are less touched on in the tradition of pedagogical research. The...
by Patrick Brode
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
This is the first comprehensive history of the Border Cities area during its formative period in the first half of the 20th Century. The story of Windsor’s emergence during this period is largely one of confrontation and conflict: a multicultural population, industrial expansion, radical politics, and military production all played their part in the city's early history.
Jobs and the Labor Force of Tomorrow
Migration, Training, Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The new volume in the Urban Agenda series addresses the challenges shaping the development of human capital in metropolitan regions. The articles, products of the 2016 Urban Forum at the University of Illinois at Chicago, engage with the overarching idea that a dynamic metropolitan economy needs a...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Rights in the Workplace
But Your Boss Was Afraid to Tell You!
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Addressing almost all pervasive issues in the workplace, this book is a must-have for all employees who wish to be vigilant of their rights as workers. Intended to be a handy reference guide, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Your Rights In The Workplace will empower employees and job seekers...
Work From Home
Starting Your Career In Graphic Design Freelancing
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Are you Ready to start working on your Graphic Design Freelance Empire
In this course you will discover:
what freelancing is and can you be a freelancer?
the pros and cons of freelancing
freelance as part-time or full-time
the benefits and drawbacks of both.
ways to get started as a...
by Margo L. Azzarelli, Marnie Azzarelli
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
On an August morning in 1877, a dispute over wages exploded between miners and coal company owners. A furious mob rushed down Lackawanna Avenue only to be met by a deadly hail of bullets. With its vast coal fields, mills and rail lines, Scranton became a hotbed for labor activity. Many were discontented...
Forging the Copper Collar
Arizona's Labor-Management War of 1901–1921
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Bisbee, Arizona...July 12, 1917...6:30 a.m....
Just after dawn, two thousand armed vigilantes took to the streets of this remote Arizona mining town to round up members and sympathizers of the radical Industrial Workers of the World. Before the morning was over, nearly twelve hundred alleged...
It Started in Wisconsin
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Protesters in the Middle East sent greetings—and pizzas—to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 demonstrators converged...
Mining Towns
Making a Living, Making a Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
A history of iconic Australian towns that have emerged as a result of mining booms—including Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie, and Kambalda—this book is a unique attempt to introduce urban readers to those communities, past and present. Unlike many mining books, this...
Strange New Country
The Fraser River Salmon Strikes of 1900 and the Birth of Modern British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2018
Salmon gillnetting in the turbulent waters of the Fraser River at the turn of the last century was dangerous, back-breaking work. Skiffs were equipped with a single sail, but most maneuvering had to be accomplished by oars, an almost impossible task against any current or tide. Once towed to the grounds...
Global Unions, Local Power
The New Spirit of Transnational Labor Organizing
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
News about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its strategies to benefit workers in rapidly changing global economic conditions. Global Unions, Local Power tells the story of...
The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture
Life Beneath the Level of the Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006
The story told by The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture begins 8,000 years ago as humans began using the land and weather to provide themselves with food, housing, and clothing. Productive farmers took care of most daily needs within the small conservative world in which they lived. This world...