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A History of Organized Labor in Cuba
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 139.00Robert J. Alexander traces organized labor from its origins in colonial Cuba, examining its evolution under the Republic, noting the successive political forces within it and the development of collective bargaining, culminating after 1959 in its transformation into a Stalin-model labor movement. In Castro's Cuba, organized labor has been subordinate... more...
Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 45.00Are immigrants squeezing Americans out of the work force? Or is competition wth foreign products imported by the United States an even greater danger to those employed in some industries? How do wages and unions fare in foreign-owned firms? And are the media's claims about the number of illegal immigrants misleading? Prompted by the growing internationalization... more...
Doing Comparable Worth
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 31.95The study of a large comparable worth project and of how gender and class dynamics influenced its outcome more...
Social Pacts, Employment, and Growth
Springer 2007; US$ 139.99Social pacts have long been a centerpiece of European politics. They are characterized by negotiations among government, employers, workers, and other interest groups over wages and other economic issues. This book examines the status of social pacts and their future. It focusses on the role of trade unions, and the positive role they can play. more...
Anti-Capitalism
Seven Stories Press 2011; US$ 14.95In Anti-Capitalism, activist and scholar Ezequiel Adamovsky tells the story of the long-standing effort to build a better world, one without an abusive system at its heart. Backed up by arresting, lucid images from the radical artist group United Illustrators, Adamovsky details the struggle against rising corporate power, as that struggle unfolds in... more...
Technology and the Future of Work
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 169.99This book brings together a set of essays exploring the implications of new technologies in the workplace. The common premise of the contributions is that the effective implementation of automation in manufacturing and engineering operations will typically require a workforce with a higher skill profile. Examining the experience of countries in Europe,... more...
Mollie's Job
Scribner 2001; US$ 23.95Following the flight of one woman's factory job from the United States to Mexico, this compelling work offers a provocative and fresh perspective on the global economy -- at a time when downsizing is unraveling the American Dream for many working families. Mollie's Job is an absorbing and affecting narrative history that traces the postwar migration... more...
Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 24.00This book examines informal workers' alternative social movements in India. more...
The Global Political Economy of Sex
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 34.00At the intersection of the warmth of hearth and home and the dangers of the street lies the tenuous position of women engaged in reproductive labour, those involved in the sex trade and those in domestic positions. These are women who are vulnerable, exploited, and whose dirty work allows for the reproduction of traditional social mores and roles.... more...
Work and the Workplace
Columbia University Press 2001; US$ 29.99For more than twenty years Sheila H. Akabas and Paul A. Kurzman have written extensively about workers and work organizations, and given leadership to the occupational social welfare movement worldwide. Recognized as leaders in their field, Akabas and Kurzman offer an invaluable and comprehensive look at the innovative ways in which management, labor... more...









