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Capital Mobility and Job Loss: Corporate Restructuring, Production Shifts, and Outsourcing
(2007-01-01)[Excerpt] This chapter examines the impact of corporate restructuring and global outsourcing on employment in the Commonwealth and the shifts in production from workplaces in Massachusetts to other countries. In particular ... -
Las causas de la mala calidad del aire interior y qué puede hacer al respecto
(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 ... -
Causes of Poor Indoor Air Quality and What You Can Do About It
(2002-02-01)This brochure on causes of poor indoor air quality 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 ... -
Causes of Poor Indoor Air Quality and What You Can Do About It
(2010-01-01)This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell ... -
Changing Administrative Practices in American Unions: A Research Note
(2005-10-01)This note presents findings from the first longitudinal study of the administrative practices of American unions. Our surveys, conducted in 1990 and 2000, gathered information on the hiring, human resource, and financial/strategic ... -
Codetermination in Comparative Perspective
(1998-06-01)The trend of western industrialised societies is towards decentralization of collective bargaining and the active participation of the workforce in productivity and efficiency improvements. How well does the German model ... -
Collective Bargaining in the Era of Grocery Industry Restructuring
(2008-07-02)[Excerpt] As UFCW international and local leaders know from first hand experience, there have been dramatic changes in the retail grocery industry over the past 15 years. Of most direct relevance to the collective bargaining ... -
Communicating Across Cultures
(2005-09-01)[Excerpt] Communication is the key to so many things a steward does, and good communication skills are something experienced stewards develop. But even experienced stewards have special challenges when the communication ... -
Community Workforce Provisions in Project Labor Agreements: A Tool for Building Middle-Class Careers
(2011-10-01)[Excerpt] Project Labor Agreements are comprehensive contracts between a construction client and a consortium of unions. They have been used in the construction industry for over 60 years to achieve uniform labor standards, ... -
Conclusion: Markets, Strategies, and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
(1995-01-01)[Excerpt If this had been another collection of country case studies, it would now be possible to map out the similarities and differences across the cases covered, possibly in a figure describing various IR-related issues ... -
Conclusion: Uncertain Outcomes of Conflict and Negotiation
(1997-01-01)[Excerpt] To elaborate on each of these points, the findings presented in this book can be summarized as follows. First of all, the German model, that is, a social partnership approach to the negotiation of terms and ... -
Conducting a Safety Walk-through on a Farm: Hazards of the Manure Handling System, Anaerobic Digester, and Biogas Handling System (A Self-Assessment Guideline for Farmers)
(2007-01-01)[Excerpt] This self-assessment document is intended to be used by farm owners and managers or farm staff who are responsible for the operations and/or maintenance of anaerobic digesters and their related processes. It ... -
Construction or De-construction? The Road to Revival in the Building Trades
(2007-04-01)[Excerpt] The building and construction trades have historically been one of the most stable and secure sectors of the American labor movement. In the period immediately after World War II, their power in the construction ... -
Construction Organizing: A Case Study of Success
(1998-01-01)[Excerpt] This chapter examines how IBEW Local 611, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reversed its decline and between 1988 and 1994 reemerged as a dominant force in its jurisdiction. What the local did, how it did it, and ... -
Convergence and Diversity in International and Comparative Industrial Relations
(1998-01-01)[Excerpt] In this essay, we reexamine a critical paradox in international and comparative industrial relations, a paradox that already decades ago demonstrated its ability to intrigue scholarly curiosity (Galenson, 1952,1963; ... -
Creative Pressure Tactics
(1998-09-01)[Excerpt] Saul Alinsky, a great labor and community organizer, once said that “tactics that drag on become a drag.” Stewards know that tactics used too often can lose their effectiveness and burn members out. That’s why ... -
Creative Problem Solving
(2002-01-01)[Excerpt] Sometimes solutions to difficult problems are simple, if you think creatively. Here are three true stories of how stewards used their creativity to resolve workplace problems. -
Cultural Capital: Challenges to New York State’s Competitive Advantages in the Arts and Entertainment Industry
(2009-01-01)This is a report on the findings of the Cornell University ILR planning process conducted with support of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to investigate trends in the arts and entertainment industry in New York ... -
Die Politik der neuen Arbeitsorganisation: Kooperation, Opposition oder Partizipation?
(1993-01-01)[Excerpt] Es ist inzwischen ein Allgemeinplatz, daβ unter der Last sich verändernder Weltmärkte, politischer Kräfteverhältnisse und Technologien traditionelle fordistische Produktionsmethoden neuen, flexibleren Organisationsformen ... -
Diminishing New York State's Public Mental Healthcare Sector: The Impact of Austerity and Privatization on Wages and Employment
(Cornell University, ILR School, Worker Institute, 2023)[Excerpt] This report explores the effects that privatization and austerity have had on mental healthcare capacity in New York State and the employment and wages of public sector mental health workers. Our research finds ...
