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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 ... -
Empire State's Cultural Capital at Risk? Assessing Challenges to the Workforce and Educational Infrastructure of Arts and Entertainment in New York
(2009-06-01)New York State is a world center for the arts and entertainment industry and its vast and uniquely diversified workforce is its main competitive advantage. Commissioned by the New York Empire State Development Corporation, ... -
Empleo y acomodo para personas con historiales de abuso de alcohol o drogas
(2009-12-31)Este folleto es parte de una serie de prácticas de recursos humanos y acomodaciones en el lugar de trabajo para personas con discapacidades, editado por Susanne M. Bruyère, PhD., CRC, SPHR, directora del Programa sobre ... -
Engaging Men on Gender and Domestic Violence Prevention: Analysis of the 12 Men Model at Vera House, Inc.
(2019-09-01)The 12 Men Model is a domestic and sexual violence prevention program created by Vera House. The program organizes small group discussions among men that focus on rethinking gender norms and preventing domestic violence ... -
Fanning the Flames (After Lighting the Spark): Multi-Trade COMET Programs
(1998-07-14)[Excerpt] The COMET (Construction Organizing Membership Education Training) is an educational program utilized by building trades unions to generate rank and file support for organizing new members. Since 1996, the Building ... -
Foundations for a Just and Inclusive Recovery: Economic Security, Health and Safety, and Agency and Voice in the COVID-19 Era
(2021-02)This report presents the findings from a nationally representative survey that documents the experiences of U.S. workers—particularly underpaid and frontline workers, Black and Latinx workers, and women workers—amidst the ... -
From Transformation to Revitalization: A New Research Agenda for a Contested Global Economy
(2005-01-01)[Excerpt] The revitalization perspective is hardly new. With deep roots in both labor movement history and industrial relations research, such work was marginalized for much of the postwar period both in union strategy and ...
