Union Contributions to Labor Welfare Policy and Practice : Past, Present and Future

ISBN-13: 9780415555081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 314 str.

Paul A. Kurzman;R.Paul Maiden

Opis

Offers a comprehensive presentation on the development, evolution and contributions of the labor movement in the delivery of workplace human service both in the United States as well as Canada, France, Israel, South Africa, India, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.

This book focuses on the contributions of organized labor in the development and evolution of workplace human services in America and eight countries around the world. Beginning with an overview of labor-sponsored social service programs, this textbook showcases the achievements by major trade unions in the arena of human services, from inception to present.

The textbook concludes with summary chapters which conceptualize and summarize current achievements and forecast the future role of the labor movement in the delivery of workplace human services in the United States and abroad. It will be of use to those involved in the labour movement as well as practitioners in the field of labor and industrial relations.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.

Spis treści

Preface  Paul A. Kurzman and R. Paul Maiden  1. Introduction R. Paul Maiden  Part 1 – Labor and Social Work  2. Labor-Social Work Collaboration: Current and Historical Perspectives  Paul A. Kurzman  3. Unionization: A Necessary Strategy to Arrest Professional Decline  Howard Karger and Bob Lonne  Part 2 - Labor Welfare in the United States  4. Joint Labor-Management Programs in the Auto Industry and the Shaping of Human Services  Lawrence S. Root and Kenneth K. Dickinson  5. Connecting Trade Unions to the Community: Promoting Employment for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions  Sheila H. Akabas and Lauren B. Gates  6. The Impact of Legal and Social Services on Union Members When Sponsored by Their Union  Sheila Menashe and Joseph Tronolone  7. Community-Labor Coalitions for Progressive Change  Louise Simmons and Scott Harding  8. Organized Labor’s Contribution to the Human Services: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future  Jessica Rosenberg  9. Unions’ Responsiveness to the Aging of the Workforce  Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Joelle Sano and Christina Matz-Costa  Part 3 – International Labor Welfare  10. Labour Welfare in Canada: An Examination of Occupational Assistance  Rick Csiernik  11. Labor Welfare in France: Social Work, Solidarity & Social Welfare  Elizabeth A. Danto  12. Labour Welfare in Israel  John Gal and David Bargal  13. Labor Welfare in South Africa  Lourens Terblanche  14. Labor Welfare in India  Binoy Joseph, Joseph I. Injodey, and Raju Varghese  15. Labor Welfare in Japan: Social Change and Enterprise Unionism  Tatsuru Akimoto and Yoichi Sonoda  16. Labor Welfare in South Korea  Soochan Choi  17. Labor Welfare in Hong Kong: Its Context and Content  Ming-sum Tsui and Jimmy KW Lui  18. Conclusion: Toward the Future  Paul A. Kurzman

O autorze

Paul A. Kurzman is Professor of Social Work and Chair of the World of Work Specialization at the Hunter College School of Social Work and Professor of Social Welfare at the Graduate School & University Center of The City University of New York. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Teaching in Social Work and author of the recent 2008 entry on "Occupational Social Work" in the authoritative Encyclopedia of Social Work.

R. Paul Maiden is Vice Dean and Professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work and Editor of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. He is also a faculty member in the Work & Life concentration and has spearheaded the development of USC’s new MSW program in Military Social Work and Veterans Services. He has an extensive portfolio of domestic and international publications, presentations and consultations on a wide range of workplace human service issues.