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Health Hazard Manual: Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sewer Workers
(1997-12-01)[Excerpt] This manual examines how exposure occurs during the treatment processes; ways to reduce exposure by engineering controls, administrative controls, process control strategies, and protective equipment; and some ... -
Health Hazards Manual for Autobody Shop Workers
(1989-01-01)[Excerpt] We will look at the principal occupational health hazards and exposures themselves and some of the related issues. We will look closely at the chemical composition of autobody shop products to see what components ... -
Health Hazards Manual for Custodians, Janitors and Housekeepers
(1990-10-01)[Excerpt] We will look at the principal occupational health hazards and exposures themselves and some of the related issues. We will look closely at the chemical composition of cleaning products to see what components ... -
Heroes of New York
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How to Probe for Settlements on Grievances
(2013-02-01)[Excerpt] Experienced stewards know that sometimes you have to ask management a lot of questions if you want to reach your goal. There may be a way for both sides to come out satisfied, but you have to know how to determine ... -
Human Resource Strategy for Labor Unions: Oxymoron, Chimera or Contributor to Revival
(2011-05-01)While the need for revival strategies for the labor movement has stimulated much discussion and research, little or no attention has been paid to the role of HR strategies for unions. This paper addresses the question, ... -
ILR Impact Brief - Community College Websites and Barriers to Access
(2008-02-01)[Excerpt] Community colleges, on average, serve 335 students with disabilities, although that number climbs to 5,000 at the largest college surveyed for this project. Nearly all community colleges that participated in the ... -
ILR Impact Brief - Labor Branches Out: Resurgence in the Urban Core
(2007-11-01)[Excerpt] Agency (the choices made and strategies pursued by leaders and organizations) and opportunity structure (the presence or absence of institutional, political, and/or social barriers)—are the two factors that seem ... -
ILR Impact Brief - Transcending Free Market Unionism: A New Alliance for New York State Unions
(2007-09-01)[Excerpt] In the few years since the AFL-CIO consolidated 25 of the 31 central labor councils in New York State into five area labor federations (ALFs), local union affiliates have begun to transcend the narrow interests ... -
ILR Impact Brief – Employee or Independent Contractor? Misclassification Comes at a Price
(2007-04-01)Misclassification of workers occurs at the time of hiring, when individuals are categorized as employees or independent contractors. The legal distinction between the two relates to the right of control over work: employees ... -
ILR Labor Advance, Fall 2008
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ILR Labor Advance, Spring 2009
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Implementation of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard for Small Business
(1988-01-01)[Excerpt] The small business utilizes as single owner/operator or a small number of supervisors with multiple responsibilities. Small workforces, limited resources, limited time, and limited technical expertise can make ... -
Industrial Relations and the Reorganization of Work in West Germany: Lessons for the U.S.
(1992-01-01)[Excerpt] Some have suggested that to compete in the new world economy we must not only adopt Japanese production practices but also abandon Western traditions of independent unionism. When U.S. trade unionists naturally ... -
Introduction
(1996-01-01)[Excerpt] There is perhaps no more visible segment of the American economy than the arts and entertainment sector. When the Writers guild engaged its members in a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television ... -
Introduction: A Wide-Angle Lens for a Global Marketplace
(1995-01-01)[Excerpt] We hope in this volume to accomplish three things. First, we hope to meet the wide and growing demand in the IR community for a better understanding of industrial relations developments abroad. That is, we would ... -
Introduction: An Urban Resurgence of Social Unionism
(2007-01-01)[Excerpt] The essays presented here examine the emergence, successes, and failures of contemporary urban-based labor movements, especially in the United States, where such developments are most significant, but also in the ... -
Invisible No More: The Role of Training and Education in Increasing Union Activism of Chinese Home Care Workers in Local 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE)
(2008-03-01)[Excerpt] In 2002 only a small number of Chinese home care workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE) were involved in their union. Language, unfamiliarity with unions in the United States, and, ... -
Is There A Women’s Way Of Organizing? Genders, Unions, and Effective Organizing
(2009-01-01)[Excerpt] Between spring of 2008 and summer 2009, Cornell ILR Labor Programs faculty, staff, and students conducted a project to investigate and analyze several recent examples of women-focused union organizing campaigns. ... -
Labor Action Tracker: Annual Report 2021
(2022)[Excerpt] 2021 was a dramatic year for the US labor movement, with an upsurge in strike activity that gained extensive media attention. In light of ongoing speculation about the scope of these actions, we are particularly ...
