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Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling: Transforming Lives Through Women's Union Education by Cindy Hanson 9781773632094
£17.21Although the health of the trade union movement may rest on its ability to include women in membership and leadership, little attention has been paid to women-only labour education. This original collection contains vibrant example of labour education... -
Employment-Based Immigration: Economic Considerations by Clark M. Butler 9781620814963
£52.08The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) specifies a complex set of numerical limits and preference categories that include economic priorities among the criteria for admission. The INA allocates 140,000 visas annually for employment-based legal... -
Ticket to Work Program: Enabling the Disabled to Work by Ervin F. Hester 9781619424395
£93.66Title I of the Ticket to Work Program, administered by the Social Security Administration, is a program to enhance work incentives for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. The goal of the Ticket program is... -
Manipulation Effect of Managerial Discretion on Managerial Compensation: Evidence from Listed Firms in China by Zhang Changzheng 9781608764600
£95.36Recently, scholars and practitioners have focused on the inverse relationship between managerial payment and corporate performance, which shows how the principle-agent theory cannot adequately explain the decision mechanism of managerial payment. Based... -
Women And The American Labor Movement by Phillip S. Foner 9781608469215
RRP: £39.99£27.31This reprint of a groundbreaking history that traces American women's struggle for freedom, equality and unity in the labour movement follows the triumphs and set backs of this fight from the early Colonial labour associations to the late twentieth... -
Evaluting Military Compensation by Jaime G. Duenas 9781607414766
£35.32This book evaluates military compensation. To attract and retain the military personnel it needs, the Department of Defense (DOD) must offer a competitive compensation package - one that adequately rewards service members for the rigors of military life... -
Dynamics of Wage Fixation in a Developing Economy: The Case of Papua New Guinea by Benedict Y. Imbun 9781604565171
£65.09This book is a microcosm of issues of minimum wage determination in developing countries examined in the context of Papua New Guinea (PNG). With provision of parallels, it discusses the critical issues, process, and actors involved in determination of... -
Salaries of Members of Congress: 1789-2003 by Paul E. Dwyer 9781590338964
£38.18Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. Prior to 1969, Congress did so by enacting stand-alone legislation. From 1789 through 1968, Congress raised its pay 22 times using this procedure. Congressional... -
Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania by James Young 9781583676172
RRP: £29.00£28.89If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor union. And even if you re part of that unionized 10 percent, chances are your union doesn't carry much economic or political clout... -
Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home by Steve Early 9781583671894
£44.49Collected for the first time, the essays that comprise Embedded With Organized Labor present a unique and informed perspective on the class war at home from a longtime organizer and "participatory labor journalist." Steve Early tackles the most... -
Contesting Precarity in Japan: The Rise of Nonregular Workers and the New Policy Dissensus by Saori Shibata 9781501749926
£100.22Contesting Precarity in Japan details the new forms of workers' protest and opposition that have developed as Japan's economy has transformed over the past three decades and highlights their impact upon the country's policymaking process. Drawing on a... -
Despotism on Demand: How Power Operates in the Flexible Workplace by Alex J. Wood 9781501748875
£100.22Despotism on Demand draws attention to the impact of flexible scheduling on managerial power and workplace control. When we understand paid work as a power relationship, argues Alex J. Wood, we see how the spread of precarious scheduling constitutes... -
Labor in the Time of Trump by Jasmine Kerrissey 9781501746604
£23.32Labor in the Time of Trump critically analyzes the right-wing attack on workers and unions and offers strategies to build a working-class movement. While President Trump's election in 2016 may have been a wakeup call for labor and the Left, the... -
From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia by Michele Ford 9781501735141
£44.26What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and... -
We'll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction by Susan Eisenberg 9781501724930
£100.62Susan Eisenberg began her apprenticeship with Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1978, the year president Jimmy Carter set goals and timetables for the hiring of women on federally assisted construction projects and for... -
An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations by Harry C. Katz 9781501713873
£74.21This comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to collective bargaining and labor relations with a focus on developments in the United States. It is appropriate for students, policy analysts, and labor relations professionals including unionists,... -
Achieving Workers' Rights in the Global Economy by Richard P. Appelbaum 9781501700033
£100.62The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This... -
Protecting the Workforce: A Defense of Workers' Rights in Global Supply Chains by Marquita R. Walker 9781498586160
RRP: £85.00£74.51This book showcases the inequalities experienced between the Global North and the Global South by exploring the production and distribution model of goods and services worldwide through an analysis of why the structure, framework, and interconnectedness... -
The Bracero Program: Interest Groups and Foreign Policy by Richard B. Craig 9781477305843
£19.19Long before "Cesar Chavez" and "Chicano" became commonly known, the word "bracero" had established itself in the language of American politics. The Mexican Farm Labor Program-or bracero program as it came to be known-was... -
Dealing with confidence: The Construction of Need & Trust in Management Advisory Services by Steffan Furusten 9788763001465
£21.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763001465Author Steffan FurustenFormat PaperbackPage Count 279Imprint Copenhagen Business School PressPublisher Copenhagen Business School... -
The History of the Labour Movement in Qu Ebec: Education Committees of the Csn & Ceq by Michel Dore 9780920057568
£11.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780920057568Author Michel DoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 299Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books -
Lockouts & Work Stoppages in Professional Sports: Select Analyses by Conor A. Walsh 9781629480800
£46.28Work stoppages involving professional sports, whether caused by the players going on strike or the owners imposing a lockout, are by their very nature contentious and not always resolved quickly or easily. Major League Baseball has experienced the... -
Education, Employment & Pensions: A Critical Narrative by Jason L. Powell 9781628083835
RRP: £69.99£46.28This book explores the relationship between education, employment and pensions in contemporary western society. The book is in two parts. The first part focuses on theoretical interpretations of youth and education drawing out implications of risk and... -
Pay Equity: Gender Differences & Legislation by Claire Yarbrough 9781622579433
£55.93The term "pay equity" originates from the fact that women as a group are paid less than men. In recent years, for example, women with a strong commitment to the workforce earned about 77 to 80 cents for every dollar earned by men. As women's... -
Job Leave Benefits: Types, Policies & Laws in the U.S. by Randy J. Hill 9781621008293
£41.51In addition to their jobs, workers have obligations (civic, familial, and personal) to fulfil that sometimes requires them to be absent from the workplace (e.g., to serve on a jury, retrieve a sick child from day care, or attend a funeral). The U.S... -
Youth in the Labor Force: Context, Trends & Job Training Programs by Bradley Meyer 9781622574049
£52.08Congress has indicated a strong interest in ensuring that today's young people, those age 16 through 24, attain the education and employment experience necessary to make the transition to adulthood as skilled workers and taxpayers. In the wake of the... -
Work & Play for the Disabled: Research on Increased Participation by Lauren S. Randow 9781611224634
£76.78The reasons why workers with disabilities continue to face the possibility of losing their jobs or being unable to return to the workforce are many and complex. In addition to challenges resulting directly from their health conditions, individuals may... -
Who Pays the Price?: Foreign Workers, Society, Crime & the Law by Mally Shechory 9781608763207
£95.36Why is labour migration an issue of such public, social and political concern? How did it acquire such an importance? This book deals with exploitation on a massive scale. It is estimated that there are roughly 20 to 30 million unauthorised migrants... -
Women in the Labor Force: Developments & Issues by Sophie M. Robinson 9781611227376
£76.78Twenty-five years ago, America was recovering from the double-dip recession of the 1980s and womens' roles in the labour force was beginning a multi-decade-long period of expansion. Today, as our nation's economy continues down the road to recovery from... -
Older Workers Navigating Employment & Retirement by Benjamin V. Chase 9781614702535
£89.12Although the economic recession that began in December 2007 has officially ended, unemployment rates still remain close to 10%. Especially hard hit have been older workers, aged 55 and older, for whom unemployment rates have reached historical highs. A... -
Military Pay, Benefits & Retirement by John V. Lund 9781590338773
£86.37Recruiting and career retention remain valid and important concerns of the US Congress and the Executive Branch in a world where the US has become involved in many military engagements in recent years with more apparently on the horizon. This book deals... -
Patterns of Enlisted Compensation by M.Rebecca Kilburn 9780833024794
RRP: £13.00£12.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833024794Author M.Rebecca KilburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 75Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 240g -
Self-Determination Theory in New Work Arrangements by Maria Jose Chambel 9781634827621
RRP: £141.99£115.06Nowadays, organisational competitiveness depends on its effectiveness, versatility and the ability to respond to customer needs. Thus, companies look for flexibility in human resources as a means of attaining an economic advantage. In fact, the... -
Understanding Employee Ownership by Corey Rosen 9780875461717
£44.26'Book InformationISBN 9780875461717Author Corey RosenFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint ILR PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Manufacturing Advantage: Why High Performance Work Systems Pay Off by Eileen Appelbaum 9780801437656
£100.22Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another... -
Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture by Maya Vinokour 9781501773679
£44.66Work Flows investigates the emergence of "flow" as a crucial metaphor within Russian labor culture since 1870. Maya Vinokour frames concern with fluid channeling as immanent to vertical power structures—whether that verticality derives from the state, as... -
The Bosses' Union: How Employers Organized to Fight Labor before the New Deal by Vilja Hulden 9780252044830
£96.81At the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like a promising avenue to stability. But both employers and many middle-class observers remained wary of... -
Subterranean Matters: Cooperative Mining and Resource Nationalism in Plurinational Bolivia by Andrea Marston 9781478020899
£84.43In Subterranean Matters, Andrea Marston examines the ongoing history of Bolivian mining cooperatives, an economic formation that has been central to Bolivian politics and to the country’s economy. Marston outlines how mining cooperatives occupy a... -
What Work Is by Robert Bruno 9780252087608
£19.19A distinctive exploration of how workers see work For more than twenty years, Robert Bruno has taught labor history and labor studies to union members from a wide range of occupations and demographic groups. In the class, he asked his students to finish... -
Purple Power: The History and Global Impact of SEIU by Luís LM Aguiar 9780252044717
£85.74Chartered in 1921, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a worldwide organization that represents more than two million workers in occupations from healthcare and government service to custodians and taxi drivers. Women form more than half...