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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 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 ... -
Building the New Europe: Western and Eastern Roads to Social Partnership
(2004-01-01)[Excerpt] While the ways in which neoliberalism and economic integration undermine social partnership and the welfare state have been extensively studied, less attention has been given to the ways in which such economic ... -
Building Unity in the Workplace
(2012-01-01)[Excerpt] One of your most important jobs as a steward is unifying the members in your area to work together and build the union. Building solidarity is essential, especially in tough times, but it can be challenging. Here ... -
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 ...
