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Organized Labor in the Twentieth-Century South
ISBN: 9780870496974 / Angielski / Twarda / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,25 |
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Harvest Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World and Agricultural Laborers in the American West, 1905-1930
ISBN: 9780870715327 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Members of the agricultural wing of the radical IWW worked in most western states, from the wheat fields of the Great Plains to the fruit orchards of California and Washington. This lively history traces the rise and fall of the Harvest Wobblies and describes their struggle to organize a racially diverse union of migrant and seasonal laborers.
Members of the agricultural wing of the radical IWW worked in most western states, from the wheat fields of the Great Plains to the fruit orchards of ...
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140,83 |
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Fields of Toil: A Migrant Family's Journey
ISBN: 9780874221015 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a reporter on special assignment for the "Walla Walla Union-Bulletin," Isabel Valle spent an entire year with a migrant family, sharing domestic and other responsibilities. Every Sunday the newspaper published her award-winning, widely acclaimed reports on life with the Raul and Maria Elena Martinez family. As they resided and worked in the Inland Pacific Northwest and South Texas, Valle investigated topics such as the difficulties of asparagus cutting, drug smuggling and illegal aliens, children working in the fields, and Hispanic customs. She also examined cultural acceptance and...
As a reporter on special assignment for the "Walla Walla Union-Bulletin," Isabel Valle spent an entire year with a migrant family, sharing domestic an...
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75,83 |
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Women Workers and Global Restructuring
ISBN: 9780875461625 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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135,98 |
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The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker: Public Monuments and Modern Poets
ISBN: 9780875461687 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It is splendid, finally, to have this novel back in print . . . . Nothing before or since has so successfully captured the political and emotional spirit of the women's strike of 1909." Alice Kessler-Harris, Rutgers University "Malkiel was a politically sophisticated and well-seasoned socialist organizer and propagandist, and she used the medium of the diary1to draw out certain lessons about the relationship of class and gender from the events of the strike. Francoise Basch's fine introduction provides the necessary context and makes Malkiel's novel/political tract readily... "It is splendid, finally, to have this novel back in print . . . . Nothing before or since has so successfully captured the political and emotional... |
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79,63 |
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Through Jaundiced Eyes
ISBN: 9780875461854 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A ground-breaking study of the Hadrami community in...
A ground-breaking study of the Hadrami community in...
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174,88 |
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The New American Workplace
ISBN: 9780875463193 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite formidable obstacles, a small but growing number of U.S. companies rccognize that today's domestic and international markets require them to transform their production...
Despite formidable obstacles, a small but growing number of U.S. companies rccognize that today's domestic and international markets require them to t...
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194,31 |
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In the Way of Women
ISBN: 9780875467016 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How are men responding to feminism? In particular, at work dealing with the challenge to their power and privilege represented by positive action for sex equality? The 1980s saw many...
How are men responding to feminism? In particular, at work dealing with the challenge to their power and privilege represented by positive action for ...
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272,11 |
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Mexican Workers and the State: From the Porfiriato to NAFTA
ISBN: 9780875651927 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost eighty years before the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Ricardo Flores Magon--revolutionary, anarchist, labor organizer and expatriate nationalist--challenged the prevailing social order of both Mexico and the United States. Magon predicted that if Mexican workers failed to organize and shake off the yoke of capitalism, the nation would soon be dominated by foreign economic interests. And American workers, he warned, would find their firms and factories employing low-wage laborers in Mexico. Magon's message: "Mexico for Mexicans."
Organized labor,... Almost eighty years before the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Ricardo Flores Magon--revolutionary, anarchist, labo...
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94,84 |
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Russia's Workers in Transition
ISBN: 9780875802534 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A historical and empirical study of Russian economic and social policy, tracing long-term evolutions across the Soviet and Russian periods. Circumstances explain the failure of transition policies that worked elsewhere, leading Christensen to re-examine accepted post-communist transition theory.
A historical and empirical study of Russian economic and social policy, tracing long-term evolutions across the Soviet and Russian periods. Circumstan...
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204,03 |
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The Irony of State Intervention
ISBN: 9780875803470 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By comparing US and Britain, the author makes clear that in the development of industrial relations policies, ideology was secondary to economic realities - the structure of business and the market system. He says that in the US, large-scale corporations quickly rose to dominance which was not the case with Britain.
By comparing US and Britain, the author makes clear that in the development of industrial relations policies, ideology was secondary to economic reali...
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208,89 |
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Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705
ISBN: 9780875805962 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did the Chicago Teamsters Local 705, once notorious for corruption and despotism, become an organization that the Wall Street Journal hailed as a model of reform? This narrative tells of the violent and contentious struggle to reform one of the most powerful and independent union locals.
How did the Chicago Teamsters Local 705, once notorious for corruption and despotism, become an organization that the Wall Street Journal hailed as a ...
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100,73 |
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Reducing Workweeks
ISBN: 9780877225065 / Angielski / Twarda / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International competition and variable economic conditions have brought the threat of layoffs to the doorsteps of workers and managers in all sectors of our economy. One response to this problem is Unemployment Insurance-Supported Work Sharing. This new and promising program reduces the human and economic costs of layoffs by providing partial unemployment benefits to employees who have their workweeks reduced as an alternative to layoffs. Fred Best provides a balanced and thorough assessment of this policy in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Unemployment Insurance-Supported Work... International competition and variable economic conditions have brought the threat of layoffs to the doorsteps of workers and managers in all sect... |
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291,47 |
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Power and Empowerment: A Radical Theory of Participatory Democracy
ISBN: 9780877229391 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contends that working-class struggle should be encouraged as a way of promoting the realignment of political parties along class lines and expanding citizen participation and public awareness of issues of national concern. This work describes and evaluates worker self-management programs in Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, England, and US.
Contends that working-class struggle should be encouraged as a way of promoting the realignment of political parties along class lines and expanding c...
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135,98 |
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Job Loss from Imports: Measuring the Costs
ISBN: 9780881322965 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is an important question lost in the debate over the number of jobs created or destroyed by trade liberalization: as the dynamic American economy continues to change, with freer trade and technological advances, what kind of work will Americans do? In a dynamic economy jobs are created and lost, and workers are displaced. Moving beyond the recent public policy focus on how many workers will be affected, this study focuses on understanding how these workers will be affected. Using worker-level data from the Displaced Worker Surveys, Lori G. Kletzer asks and answers a number of key...
There is an important question lost in the debate over the number of jobs created or destroyed by trade liberalization: as the dynamic American econom...
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86,88 |
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Intervention Skills: Process Consultation for Small Groups and Teams
ISBN: 9780883904343 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Know how and when to intervene in a functioning group
Finally, a functional guide that focuses on putting the concept of group-process consultation into actual practice You'll learn how and under what circumstances a process consultant should intervene to make a group's work more effective. Plus, this guide shows you how to help groups identify, diagnose, and resolve problems as they occur Be an effective process consultant?this handbook helps you: * Determine the appropriate type and depth of an intervention * Realize the competencies required of the group-process... Know how and when to intervene in a functioning group
Finally, a functional guide that focuses on putting the concept of group-process co... |
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255,68 |
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Out of the Crucible: Black Steel Workers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1980
ISBN: 9780887063060 / Angielski / Miękka / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines in depth the century-long struggle of Black laborers in the iron and steel industry of western Pennsylvania. In the process it shows how the fate of these Black workers mirrors the contemporary predicament of the Black working class and the development of a chronically unemployed underclass in America's declining industrial centers. Dickerson argues that persistent racial discrimination within heavy industry and the decline of major industries during the 1970s are key to understanding the social and economic situation of twentieth-century urban Blacks. Through a blend...
This book examines in depth the century-long struggle of Black laborers in the iron and steel industry of western Pennsylvania. In the process it show...
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138,06 |
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Social Partnerships for Training : Canada's Experiment with Labour Force Development Boards
ISBN: 9780889117532 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Considers obstacles and opportunities associated with active labour market policies in Canada.
Considers obstacles and opportunities associated with active labour market policies in Canada.
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140,83 |
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Child Care Options: A Workplace Initiative for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780897748582 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Child Care Options presents the facts, the background information, and the special considerations involved in discussing and selecting on-site or near-site child care, as well as programs designed to deal with difficult child-care situations. As authorities in work/family relations, the authors share the firsthand knowledge and experience they have gained as consultants to such diverse groups as the "Washington Post, " American Labs, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Child Care Options presents the facts, the background information, and the special considerations involved in discussing and selecting on-site or n... |
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194,26 |
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Professional Women at Work: Interactions, Tacit Understandings, and the Non-Trivial Nature of Trivia in Bureaucratic Settings
ISBN: 9780897893800 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the routine taken-for-granted features of work as experienced by professional women in bureaucratic environments. It shows why these trivial features are not trivial, but add up to a good part of what all work is composed of. Finally, it considers why the women interviewed in this study encountered and experienced their professional careers in the ways they did. There are many books on the general subject of women at work and the sociology of work, but few deal with what the work consists of, how it is accomplished, what one needs to know to undertake it competently, and... This book looks at the routine taken-for-granted features of work as experienced by professional women in bureaucratic environments. It shows why t... |
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