This text examines how Progressive Labor (PL) insurgents challenged the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and tried to revolutionise labour in New York City's garment industry during the 1960s.

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mary Kenny O'Sullivan, a wage-earner understood first hand the difficulties faced by the millions of semi-skilled and unskilled women who toiled in America's factories at the end of the 19th-Century. She sought to improve labour conditions through trade unionism. Appointed the first woman organizer for the American Federation of Labour in 1892 she went on to be a co-founder of the Womens' Trade Union League, formed in 1903 this was a cross-class alliance of women workers and their middle and upper class allies.

This volume analyzes the rhetorical background and strategies of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) and those of Ronald Reagan in reference to the 1981 strike. The author asks, was firing 11,000 federal employees the only option, or the best option available?

This book explores the international leadership of the AFL-CIO, the UAW and UAW Local 600, the world's largest union local, and reveals that overall, working-class response to the Vietnam War mirrored that of the American society as a whole.

This book examines the relationship between competitive strategies and the use of temporary employees. An organization's choice of strategy is predicted to impact its decision to use temporary workers. The study shows that firms differ in their competitive strategies and their respective use of temporary employment, which in turn affects organizational performance. The way in which temporary employment use and firm strategy interact to affect organizational performance depends on the manner in which performance is measured.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.