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Health Hazard Manual for Cosmetologists, Hairdressers, Beauticians and Barbers
(1987-01-01)[Excerpt] We will look at the principal occupational health hazards and exposures themselves and some of the related issues. We will look closely at the chemical composition of hairdressing products to see what components ... -
Implementation of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard for Small Business
(1988-01-01)[Excerpt] The small business utilizes as single owner/operator or a small number of supervisors with multiple responsibilities. Small workforces, limited resources, limited time, and limited technical expertise can make ... -
Bottom-Up Organizing in the Trades: An Interview with Mike Lucas, IBEW Director of Organizing
(1988-09-01)[Excerpt] Union membership in all but a few of the 15 affiliates of the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades (B&CT) Department has fallen precipitously For many years B&CT unions have relied primarily on internal ... -
Bottom-Up Organizing in the Trades: An Interview with Mike Lucas, IBEW Director of Organizing
(1988-09-01)[Excerpt] Like the bottom-up organizers who built the IBEW 100 years ago by traveling from city to city, working at their trade and preaching the union creed, Lucas has been around the block. From Florida to Oklahoma, ... -
Health Hazards Manual for Autobody Shop Workers
(1989-01-01)[Excerpt] We will look at the principal occupational health hazards and exposures themselves and some of the related issues. We will look closely at the chemical composition of autobody shop products to see what components ... -
Health Hazard Manual for Firefighters
(1990-01-01)[Excerpt] Firefighters, as well as victims, can be exposed to a variety of toxic substances during a fire. Some of these toxicants are particularly insidious because they are produced by thermal decomposition before smoke ... -
Health Hazards Manual for Custodians, Janitors and Housekeepers
(1990-10-01)[Excerpt] We will look at the principal occupational health hazards and exposures themselves and some of the related issues. We will look closely at the chemical composition of cleaning products to see what components ... -
Health Hazard Manual For Cutting Oils, Coolants, and Metalworking Fluids
(1991-01-01)[Excerpt] The metalworker can be exposed to cutting oils during application by two basic routes of entry: skin contact and inhalation. The higher risk jobs tend to be those with high cutting speeds, heavy oil flow, and ... -
Steward Training in the Construction Industry: The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Faces the Challenge
(1993-01-01)[Excerpt] This article examines the development and delivery of the Carpenters union national construction steward training program. It describes the collaboration of the union and Cornell University in the design of the ... -
The Implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for Rehabilitation Psychologists: Guest Editor Overview
(1993-01-01)The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities similar to that provided to other individuals on the basis of race, sex, national origin, and religion. ... -
Special Issue on the American’s with Disabilities Act: Editor’s Overview
(1994-01-01)The purpose of this overview is to provide a context for the articles in this special issue of Rehabilitatim1 Education on the Implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for rehabilitation education. The ... -
Reinventing an Organizing Union: Strategies for Change
(1994-01-01)[Excerpt] Confronted by declining membership and market share as well as an erosion of bargaining strength and political influence, a sense of crisis now pervades many international unions. Some labor unions continue to ... -
The ADA and Training for Employment-Related Professionals: Implications for Rehabilitation Education
(1994-01-01)The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 holds promise for expanded employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Critical to the realization of this potel1tial is the education of those who facilitate entry ... -
Accommodating the Allergic Employee in the Workplace
(1994-03-01)[Excerpt] Once an employer learns an applicant or employee is allergic, and in need of an accommodation, the employer may be required by the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide the needed accommodation. The allergic ... -
Unions Impose Stability on a Turbulent Construction Industry
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Lighting the Spark: COMET Program Mobilizes the Ranks for Construction Organizing
(1995-01-01)This article describes the COMET (Construction Organizing Membership Education Training) program. Faced with declining membership and market share and an erosion of bargaining strength and political influence, building ... -
Why Not Unions to Combat Sweatshops?
(1995-08-29) -
The ADA and Total Quality Management
(1996-09-01)This brochure on total quality management and American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, ... -
Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement
(1997-01-01)This is an exceedingly comprehensive text on a wide variety of subjects related to process of employment preparation, job development, career and workplace issues for persons with disabilities, and the professionals who ... -
Health Hazard Manual: Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sewer Workers
(1997-12-01)[Excerpt] This manual examines how exposure occurs during the treatment processes; ways to reduce exposure by engineering controls, administrative controls, process control strategies, and protective equipment; and some ...
