Labour & Industrial Relations 28

Read about the industrial revolution but without getting bored with all the details. This history book for kids effectively covers the major events from the early 1700s to the1900s. The choice of wo……続きを見る

Did you know that a long time ago, kids had to do hard labor? It was the only means to bring food to the table. This book will reveal the sad truths about child labor in history. Looking back to the……続きを見る

Read about the Industrial Revolution and how that societal shift has affected millions of lives. Just imagine how you would feel when you suddenly have to work with machines and live with the pollut……続きを見る

For how many decades, women were limited in terms of the freedom to what they want. This history book will detail how women became finally free during the Industrial Revolution. Reading historical f……続きを見る

What is the Labor Day and who started it? Like all other celebration, the Labor Day has deep historic roots. This book will give you the juicy details that led to the celebrated annual holiday. Don’……続きを見る

Before there were machines, every product had to be done manually. Even handling of dangerous substances were done by humans without proper protection. This resulted in a lot of health problems but ……続きを見る

Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South. For decades after emancipation, the child labor issue shaped how Nort……続きを見る

What are the dynamics of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system? Why was it ended? Who were the main players in the final end of the labour scheme? Were Indian labourers and/or the Indian ……続きを見る

In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitti……続きを見る

An evening of shameless entertainment, of divine feminine fury. A burial of preconceptions, a night of Sex-Witch Anarchy. Featuring a live score and nightly special guests, Joana Nastari's award-win……続きを見る

This masterly book substantially extends Howard Raiffa's earlier classic, The Art and Science of Negotiation. It does so by incorporating three additional supporting strands of inquiry: individual d……続きを見る

In the public imagination, Silicon Valley embodies the newest of the newーthe cutting edge, the forefront of our social networks and our globally interconnected lives. But the pressures exerted on m……続きを見る

Employment and production in the Appalachian coal industry have plummeted over recent decades. But the lethal black lung disease, once thought to be near-eliminated, affects miners at rates never be……続きを見る

Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work a……続きを見る

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fewer possess the intellectual scope needed to addres……続きを見る

The 1939 Supreme Court decision Hague v. CIO was a constitutional milestone that strengthened the right of Americans, including labor organizers, to assemble and speak in public places. Donald W. Ro……続きを見る

This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrializationーspecifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeriaーand its consequences for decease……続きを見る

INTERVALLO è un luogo d’incontro virtuale nato in Italia nel periodo di lockdown a seguito della pandemia Coronavirus diffusa in tutto il mondo, in una situazione speciale di ’tempo sospeso’, inaspe……続きを見る

En el marco de los procesos de flexibilización del mercado de trabajo, los profesionales con título universitario han sufrido frecuentes cambios en sus formas de inserción en el mercado de trabajo t……続きを見る

In 1922, a coal miner strike spread across the United States, swallowing the heavily-unionized mining town of Herrin, Illinois. When the owner of the town's local mine hired non-union workers to bre……続きを見る

Luc Cortebeeck has been fighting for social justice for over forty years. From 2011 to 2017, he was Vice-Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body and in 2017-2018 its Chairperson. The International Lab……続きを見る

Luc Cortebeeck s'engage depuis plus de quarante ans dans le combat pour la justice sociale. De 2011 à 2017, il a été vice-président du Conseil d'administration de l'OIT, et son président en 2017-201……続きを見る

The third volume includes a range of pamphlets, lectures and other documents which help illustrate the intellectual and political activities and environment which shaped the British mainstream left ……続きを見る

Veteran labor journalist Richard Steier explores the tensions between New York City's public employee unions, their critics, and city and state politicians. Since 1980 Richard Steier has had a uniqu……続きを見る

Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women. Making Globalization Work for Women explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of……続きを見る

Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics. Honorable Mention, 2018 Global Division Book Award presented by the Global Division of the S……続きを見る

A story of two twentieth-century American women whose love for each other fueled their work to create an egalitarian world. Winner of the 2014 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction presented by th……続きを見る

Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa. Winner of the 2012 CLR James Award presented by……続きを見る

Tells the story of the nation's largest higher education union from its earliest years to its role today as a powerful organization promoting the interests of faculty, staff, and the entire SUNY com……続きを見る

Austerity policies have become the new norm throughout both the developed and developing world. Indeed, austerity has become the new buzz word in the lexicon of politicians from across the political……続きを見る