Labour Industrial Relations category: 668 books
by Rocchina Staiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 1, 2015
La ratio del presente lavoro è quello di analizzare:
le modifiche che il d.l. 20 marzo 2014, n. 34, convertito, con modifiche, in l. 16 maggio 2014, n. 78, c.d. Jobs Act, recante “Disposizioni urgenti per favorire il rilancio dell’occupazione e per la semplificazione degli adempimenti...
The Lexicon of Labor
More Than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Insights Concerning Labor in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
A thoroughly updated edition of the clever, fun-to-read compilation of union language and lore. “Worth reading aloud while walking the picket line.” —The Seattle Times
First published in 1998, The Lexicon of Labor found a large and appreciative following among readers who were grateful...
Metal that Will not Bend
The National Union Of Metalworkers Of South Africa, 1980-1995
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In the 1980s there was a surge of trade union power in South Africa. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was prominent and innovative in this assertion of muscle.Metal that does not Bend traces Numsa?s accumulation, from a few small unions in a handful of factories to the staging...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Originally published in 2005. Countries at different stages of social, cultural and economic development approach the process of skill formation in different ways. In this enlightening collection, Marcus Powell uses empirical evidence to document how different nations formulate their training strategy,...
Collapse of Dignity
The Story of a Mining Tragedy and the Fight Against Greed and Corruption in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
New York Times bestseller: This story of a disaster that killed dozens of workers is “a damning account of how misused power can cost lives and wreak havoc” (Publishers Weekly).
In the early morning hours of February 19, 2006, a sudden blast shook a coal mine in northern Mexico, trapping...
Los Alamos
A Whistleblower's Diary
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“They kept telling me to keep my mouth shut.†The first atom bomb, detonated in 1945, marked the start of a new age . . . and the world’s introduction to Los Alamos. But at the renowned nuclear weapons facility nothing’s more dangerous than speaking the truth.Growing up...
The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor
The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2007
A CIA-connected labor union, an assassination attempt, a mysterious car crash, listening devices, and stolen documents--everything you'd expect from the latest thriller. Yet, this was the reality of Tony Mazzocchi, the Rachel Carson of the U.S. workplace; a dynamic labor leader whose legacy lives...
The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor
Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
The bureau of labor statistics reports that in 2008 there were 16.1 million union members in the United States; 2.2 million are represented by the Service Employees' Industrial Union (SEIU)
Written by a long time labor leader with first hand insights into the topic
The economic crisis...
by Mary Harris Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (née Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, "the most dangerous woman in America." A forceful and picturesque figure in the American labor...
Janesville
An American Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * **Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ***800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist Best...
by Adam Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
An account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written for the generally educated individual of the 18th century - advocating a free market economy as more productive and more beneficial to society.
Rebel Voices
An IWW Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), commonly known as the Wobblies, were among the most well-respected and largest unions in the United States in the early 20th century. Having organized the first major automobile industry strike as well as major coalfield and transit workers strikes, the IWW...
A Country That Works
Getting America Back on Track
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing...
Labor and Monopoly Capital
The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic...