Labor Studies Journal articles from June 1997

Labor Studies Journal archives from June 1997

Industrial restructuring and union response: the experience of the Federacion des travailleurs du papier et de la foret in Quebec.
June 22, 1997... Introduction This article analyses the shifts under way in FTPF structures and practices in a context of major restructuring of the Quebec pulp and paper industry. We begin by reviewing the literature on union responses to economic...

Union commitment types and union activist involvement: lessons for union organizers and labor educators?
June 22, 1997... Do attitudes held by union members have a relationship to their union participation and involvement? Research conducted since the early 1980s has focused on identifying factors associated with union participation with much emphasis on union...

Negotiating a Labor Contract: A Management Handbook, 2d ed.
June 22, 1997... This book was not written for union negotiators, but there is much in the text to commend it as a useful addition to the library of any local union preparing for negotiations or labor educator teaching collective bargaining. The author provides a...

Labor Agreement in Negotiation and Arbitration, 2d ed.
June 22, 1997... The second edition of Labor Agreement in Negotiation and Arbitration by Arnold Zack and Richard Bloch expands the 1983 first edition by nearly one-half, adding two valuable new chapters on "Negotiating Dispute Avoidance" and "Preparation and...

Unions and Workplace Change in Canada.
June 22, 1997... Unions and Workplace Change reviews the issues and the research literature on the role of unions in workplace change in Canada. The author explores motivation, actual practices, economic context, incidence, and longevity of workplace change...

Betrayal: Employee Relations at Du Pont, 1981-1994.
June 22, 1997... DuPont employee Edward Dent provides an insider's account of how he and his co-workers were betrayed by both DuPont and the company union at DuPont's Richmond, Virginia plant between 1981 and 1994. It was during this period that the company...

Reinventing the Workplace: How Business and Employees Can Both Win.
June 22, 1997... Were we to vote on the top 10 books to help explain 50 years from now how difficult it was at the end of the twentieth century to move from bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic work cultures, this compact volume would be one of my nominees....

Causes of Death in the Workplace.
June 22, 1997... This is a book for researchers. As the author notes in the introduction, the book serves three purposes: first, it ranks occupational deaths by occupation (265) and by industry (324); second, it describes causes (nature and source) of death in...

The Caregiving Dilemma: Work in an American Nursing Home.
June 22, 1997... The Caregiving Dilemma is a nearly perfect study of life and work in an American nursing home. Nancy Foner takes us into a nursing home to try to understand the dynamics, contradictions, and strains involved in caregiving in these homes. Foner...

Ecological Democracy.
June 22, 1997... If your labor education students are like mine, their eagerness could not be greater for fresh, engaging, and promising prescriptions for what ails us all, unionist and non-union American alike. Many will appreciate this unique and inspiring...

Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits from Poverty.
June 22, 1997... When traditional financial institutions ignore the poor, who steps in to fill the void? "Merchants of Misery," says Michael Hudson, winner of the Sidney Hillman award for social justice journalism. Check cashing outlets, rent-to-own stores,...