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Craft Entry for Minorities: The Case of Project JUSTICE
(1971-10-01)[Excerpt] Demonstrations in Chicago and Pittsburgh in 1969 focused national attention on the problem of the racial integration of the building trades. Many solutions to the problem have been suggested or tried, including ... -
Of Republicans and Recessions: Why Does Big Business Vote for Them?
(1971-11-01)[Excerpt] The wild enthusiasm business gave Nixon's new economic policy stems not only from a longstanding business preference for Republicans but a short-run expectation of profit windfalls. In a moment of economic crisis ... -
Reasons for Employer Non-Participation in Manpower Training Programs for the Disadvantaged
(1971-11-01)On-the-job training has become one of the federal government's most current methods of aiding the disadvantaged worker. However, a major problem in implementation is the recruiting of employers who will take part in the ... -
Worker Attitudes Towards Black Hard Core Trainees
(1972-01-01)The reception which hard core black trainees receive from the rank and file employees with whom they are placed may have a critical impact on the success of the overall training program. This article reports on a study ... -
Union Attitudes Towards Significant Aspects of Job Training Programs for the Disadvantaged
(1972-01-01)Complementing their earlier study of employer non-participation in manpower programs for the disadvantaged, the authors now turn their attention to the union aspect of non-participation. The present survey extensively ... -
Employer Role in Hard-Core Trainee Success
(1973-01-01)One of our national goals is to move long-term unemployed workers from secondary to primary labor markets. Obviously, the success of programs designed to achieve this goal depends heavily on the behavior of participants ... -
U.S.A. and EEOC v. Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc. et al.
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Labor Studies Credit and Degree Programs: A Growth Sector of Higher Education
(1976-05-01)[Excerpt] In a time of generally declining economic activity, labor studies for college credit is a flourishing enterprise. While college enrollments are dropping, budgets being cut back, and new or marginal programs ... -
Organised Labour and Community Colleges
(1976-10-01)[Excerpt] This paper will explore areas of labour-community college cooperation, survey jointly planned programmes currently underway, and analyse problem areas. -
Union Attitudes Toward Management Cooperation
(1977-01-01)Much has been written in recent years about the need for unions and managements in the United States to move beyond traditional collective bargaining and begin working together cooperatively to establish creative new ... -
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Apprenticeship Training: Where Does It Stand Today?
(1979-12-31)[Excerpt] In its simplest form, apprenticeship has existed since the beginning of civilization. More than 4,000 years ago, Hammurabi’s code provided that artisans teach their crafts to young people, and our earliest records ... -
Trends in Selection and Training of International Union Staff: Implications for University and College Labor Education
(1980-03-01)[Excerpt] Reflecting increasing complexity of functions, American labor unions are turning to technically rained specialists for a variety of staff functions and giving increased support to education for staff. What are ... -
Unions Implementing Managerial Techniques
(1981-06-01)[Excerpt] National unions are gradually adopting the sophisticated management selection and training practices of business and government but employment and promotion decisions remain essentially political. -
Silver Screen Tarnishes Unions
(1981-07-01)[Excerpt] Organizing a film festival of pro-labor Hollywood films would be rather difficult. When unions do appear, they are often part of the subplot or the background for the main story line. -
The Effect of Collective Bargaining on Teacher Pay: A Review of the Evidence
(1982-01-01)This analysis examines the effect of collective bargaining on teacher pay in the light of an early theory of teacher bargaining power. Trends in the salaries of teachers are discussed, and the methodology and results of ... -
Labor-Management Cooperation
(1983-06-01)[Excerpt] In analyzing labor-management cooperation, it is important to be clear on what it is not. It is not an absence of strikes or conflict. Cooperation is not synonymous with industrial peace. Cooperation may take ... -
Union-Management Cooperation: A Passing Fad or Permanent Change?
(1984-01-01)[Excerpt] Union-management cooperation is not a passing fad. It is not a new, or even a recent, development on the American labor relations scene. Nonetheless, interest in this subject has been growing. It is the purpose ... -
Puerto Ricans, Politics, and Labor Activism
(1984-01-11)[Excerpt] Puerto Rican electoral activism in urban America is a relatively recent development. When we contrast electoral activism with labor activism, we find that Puerto Rican participation in the labor movement generally ... -
Current Research on Industrial Relations Regulation, Bargaining Theory, Progressive Discipline, and Occupational Influences on Unionism
(1986-01-01)We are pleased to be able to present, in this third volume of the Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations series, some original, important, and in some cases provocative research on industrial relations regulation, ...
