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A Diversity of New Work Organization: Human-Centered, Lean, and In-Between
(1994-06-01)Lean production, from Toyota, is said to be paradigmatic for future production organization in the auto industry. This article challenges that view. Case studies at auto plants in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden show a wide ... -
A New Alliance in New York State: A Progress Report on the Labor Movement’s Restructuring, Capacity Building, and Programmatic Work
(2006-11-30)The labor movement in New York State has undergone a dramatic restructuring that is part of a national AFL-CIO program called the New Alliance. The purpose of the New Alliance is to build the capacity of local labor movements ... -
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 ... -
Accommodating the Allergic Employee in the Workplace
(2002-02-01)This brochure on allergic employee in the workplace is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program ... -
Accommodating the Allergic Employee in the Workplace
(2010-01-01)This brochure on allergic employee in the workplace is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program ... -
Acomodo de los empleados alérgicos en el centro de trabajo
(2010-01-01)Este folleto es parte de una serie de prácticas de recursos humanos y acomodaciones en el lugar de trabajo para personas con discapaci_dades, editado por Susanne M. Bruyère, PhD., CRC, SPHR, directora del Programa sobre ... -
Advantages of Backwardness: Lessons for Social Europe from the American Labour Movement
(2007-04-01)[Excerpt] In the crisis of declining union influence, the United States has played a vanguard role. The weakness of labour in the U.S. has opened the door to the neoliberal policies developed here and then imposed on the ... -
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 ... -
Ask the Jobless If Marx Is Relevant
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Assertive Grievance Presentation
(2003-09-01)[Excerpt] Stewards who find they are getting nowhere with management on grievances might benefit from standing back a few feet and looking at the way they approach the process of actually presenting the grievance. Because ... -
Assessing the Proposed IAM, UAW, and USW Merger: Critical Issues and Potential Outcomes
(2000-12-01)[Excerpt] We examine the many difficult issues facing the IAM, UAW, and USW as they move toward the creation of a single organization. In order to place this merger in con- text, the larger issue of mergers in the American ... -
Awakening the Giant: The Revitalization of the American Labor Movement
(2001-01-01)[Excerpt] The key to the contemporary revival of the American labor movement is precisely a renewed mobilization of the rank and file. Based on our combined research and work in labor education and representation, we believe ... -
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, ... -
Bridging Cultural Differences
(2008-09-01)[Excerpt] How you say it can matter as much as what you say. -
Broadening the Mission: Research Activity among University Labor Education/Labor Studies Professionals
(1990-06-01)[Excerpt] This study examines research activity among university and college labor education/labor studies professionals. Using data gathered in a survey of faculty employed in the field, the paper presents information ... -
Building a Just Transition for a Resilient Future: A Climate Jobs Program for Rhode Island
(2022-01)[Excerpt] The following report examines the climate crisis in Rhode Island and outlines a set of high-impact climate jobs recommendations designed to maximize the state's actions to do three things: 1) Create thousands of ... -
Building and Construction Trades Unions: Are They Built to Win?
(2004-12-01)[Excerpt] The evidence of labor's declining power in the economic and political arenas is increasingly clear. Despite the tenacious efforts of talented leaders over the past ten years, the labor movement has still failed ... -
Building Labor’s Power in California: Raising Standards and Expanding Capacity Among Central Labor Councils, The State Labor Federation, and Union Affiliates
(2008-11-11)[Excerpt] For several years, the California Labor Federation has been engaged in a strategic planning process that began with a critical evaluation of a political setback in 2004 – losing an important statewide ballot ... -
Building Membership Participation
(1997-05-01)[Excerpt] Membership involvement is important to help fight for good contracts, organize new members, and solve problems on the job. But most workers aren’t born union activists, and many don’t think their participation ... -
Building Social Movement Unionism: The Transformation of the American Labor Movement
(2001-01-01)[Excerpt] In the United States, the renewed energy displayed by the labor movement is particularly promising. From organizing drives to strike victories to legislative campaigns, labor's renewed influence in the American ...
