Labor Studies Journal articles from September 1999

Labor Studies Journal archives from September 1999

Women in Carpentry Apprenticeship: A Case Study.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1999... This paper examines barriers to women's participation in the construction trades using a case study of a carpentry apprenticeship program. It finds that women, though they continue to face obstacles to working in the Wade, remain determined to...

Strategic Campaigns and International Collective Bargaining: The Case of the IBT, FIET, and Royal Ahold NV.
September 22, 1999... Both national and international labor organizations are beginning to critically examine current trade union structures and determine how they can best reorganize structurally, strategically, and tactically in order to meet the challenges of...

Coalition Politics: Insurgent Union Political Action Builds Ties Between Labor and the Community.
September 22, 1999... Discussions for revitalizing the labor movement include a frequent call for building labor-community coalitions as well as reactivating a more activist brand of electoral politics. This paper illustrates how unions have used aggressive...

Power at Work: Building a Teamster Member to Member Action Network.(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... Produced by International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 15 minutes. Power at Work: Building a Teamster Member to Member Action Network illustrates how to build an effective one-on-one communication and action network in union locals. Such a...

Labors Man On the Board, The New Face of Labor Unions.(video recording)(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1999... Films For the Humanities and Sciences, 1998, 30 minutes, color. This video is an interview of Duane Woerth, labor leader and one of the three union members on the Board of Directors of Northwestern Airlines. In response to the...

Troubled Partnerships: When Labor and Management Can't Make It Work.(video recording)
September 22, 1999... Troubled Partnerships: When Labor and Management Can't Make It Work, Merrimack Films, 1999, 34:30 minutes. The question addressed in this film is why can't labor and management make cooperation work? Well, no doubt most of you can come up...

Using the NLRB as a Resource.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1999... Ellen J. Dannin [1] Many unions blame the National Labor Relations Board and Act for the membership decline experienced by United States unions. Such a position is dangerous, because it deprives unions of a useful tool when they need to...