Labour & Industrial Relations 18

A stirring, heartfelt manifesto written by a man who fervently believes in what workers with their civil society allies can achieve for the good of all. Sid Ryan, one of Canada’s most courageous and……続きを見る

This timely and comprehensive volume will spur and strengthen public debate over the role of teachers unions in education reform for years to come. Collective bargaining shapes the way public school……続きを見る

There is a quickening of life on the left. But, politically, the left is still very weak and disoriented. This book traces the turns and realignments imprinted on this left over many decades by the ……続きを見る

This is the first fully annotated edition of Social Problems (1883) and The Condition of Labor (1891), two important works by one of America’s most popular social economists. Social Problems grew ou……続きを見る

Remarkable! An energizing, engaging book that can lead to the end of homelessness for over 1,000,000 minimum wage workers. This book takes off where all the other minimum wage, living wage books end……続きを見る

Un libro chiave della storia del pensiero anarchico e dell'organizzazione operaia, quanto mai attuale e raccontato da uno degli interpreti più illustri del movimento. 続きを見る

How Non-Permanent Workers Learn and Develop is an empirically based exploration of the challenges and opportunities non-permanent workers face in accessing quality work, learning, developing occupat……続きを見る

Over the last few decades, the field of management enlarged its boundaries, especially in international terms, in a very rapid fashionーmainly because of the arrival of the so-called era of globaliz……続きを見る

At the bottom of America’s working world, millions live in the shadow of prosperity, in the twilight of poverty and prosperity. Many are trapped for life in a perilous zone of low-wage work that kee……続きを見る

**Recommended by The Nation, the New Republic, Current Affairs, Bustle, *In These Times An “entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued” (The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fough……続きを見る

This book addresses the question of whether greater inclusion in the global economy offers a solution to rising unemployment and poverty in contemporary Africa. The authors trace the connection betw……続きを見る

This comprehensive contemporary analysis by Professor Gaetano Salvemini of Mussolini’s ‘corporative’ state ー its organisation and operation ー is intended for anyone interested in how fascism funct……続きを見る

Le specifiche realtà storiche sulle quali l'autrice si sofferma in questo libro hanno l'intento di descrivere quelle associazioni che rappresentano il prodromo dell'attività sindacale, intesa come c……続きを見る

An analysis of how the working class can mobilize as a force for change in the present day One of the horrors of the capitalist system is that slave labor, which was central to the formation and gro……続きを見る

On September 10, 1897, a group of 400 striking coal miners--workers of Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian descent or origin--marched on Lattimer, Pennsylvania. There, law enforcement officers fired with……続きを見る

It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the back……続きを見る

Harold Gibbons (1910-1982), leader of St. Louis Teamsters Local 688, fought and defeated Communists and mobsters and was instrumental in ending racial discrimination in the union. His many friends i……続きを見る

While the unemployment rate for young people has always tended to be well above the average, this tendency has been greatly accentuated in recent years. There is a large turnover in the youth labour……続きを見る

2019/20 The Donner Prize ー Winner Is a national consensus on hydrocarbon development possible? The ongoing debate in Canada over the extraction of hydrocarbon resources and their transportation to ……続きを見る

In a book that’s both accessible and enlightening, Rebecca Friedrichs recounts her thirty-year odyssey as an elementary school teacher who comes face-to-face with the forces dividing and corrupting ……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2001. This detailed study of European trade unions also addresses academic concerns about the continuing relevance of the class concept as an analytical tool. As a ……続きを見る

“We are undertaking the most tremendous move ever made by LABOR in this country, a move which will leadーNO ONE KNOWS WHERE!” With these words echoing throughout the city, on February 6, 1919, 65,00……続きを見る

In 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coaliti……続きを見る

As the percentage of people working in the service economy continues to rise, there is a need to examine workplace harm within low-paid, insecure, flexible and short-term forms of ‘affective labour’……続きを見る

Discover the untold stories of workers around the globe in this compelling collection of interviews. My Job: Real People at Work Around the World offers a unique glimpse into the lives of individual……続きを見る

In 1986 Lon Savage published Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21, a popular history now considered a classic. Among those the book influenced are Denise Giardina, author of……続きを見る

Homework; work that is categorised as informal employment, performed in the home, mainly for subcontractors and mostly undertaken by women. The inequities and injustices inherent in homework conditi……続きを見る

This book , first published in the last years of the 19th century, has received a profusion of commendatory notices from the press in all sections of the country. It is simple, yet profound, and mak……続きを見る

A must-read polemic about why the 'recovery' from the 2007-08 crash mostly benefited the 1%, and how democratic socialism can save us from a new crash and climate catastrophe. For decades, it has be……続きを見る

First published in 1985. Increasing doubt is being shed on the proposition that higher levels of education in developing countries are an unmitigated good. Unemployment among school leavers and univ……続きを見る