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The encyclopedia of strikes in American history
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Immanuel Ness,Aaron Brenner,Benjamin Day |
This book is a collection of historical research on strikes in America comprised of two types of essays, those focused on an industry or economic sector and those focused on a theme. This approach pr… |
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Handbook of U.S. labor statistics
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Eva E. Jacobs,Mary Meghan Ryan |
Includes 200 tables of authoritative data on workers, industries, wages, and prices. |
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Not in the club
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Janet Pucino |
While a number of women have risen to top levels in corporate U.S. based organizations, statistically they are exceptions at the executive levels and in boardrooms. Even when women reach the uppermos… |
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A history of European women's work
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Deborah Simonton |
The paid and unpaid work of women in Europe has been and is hugely diverse - from schools to offices, factories to domestic service, dairies to hospitals and much more. The work patterns have fluctua… |
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Rise of the Robots
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Martin Ford |
Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system.
"In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has … |
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Red Barcelona
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Angel Smith |
Barcelona is now one of the most glamorous cities in Europe, renowned for its modernista art and new post Olympic-games architecture. For much of the twentieth century, however, it was better known a… |
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The end of the peasantry
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Anthony W. Pereira |
"Study of emerging rural labor politics in the sugar zone of Pernambuco under military rule shows how popular movements contribute to both democratization and social change. Work is well-researched, … |
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Tortillas and tomatoes
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Tanya Basok |
"In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of econo… |
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Union Organizing
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Gregor Gall |
After many years of indifferent decline, trade union membership is now being revitalised. Strategies known as union organizing are being used to recruit and re-energize unions around the globe. This … |
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Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism
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Melissa W. Wright |
Everyday, around the world, women who work in the third world factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright explains how this notion proliferates, both within an… |
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International trade and labor standards
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Christian Barry |
The authors examine how the international trading system can be reformed to support efforts by poor countries to promote the well-being of their peoples. |
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