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Block, Richard N.; And Others – 1996
This book uses the testimony given before the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations to gain insight into the state of industrial relations and labor law in the United States. The book is organized in five chapters. The first chapter looks at the history of labor movements and labor legislation in the United States. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Labor Legislation
Download full textSiegel, Irving H.; Weinberg, Edgar – 1982
This book examines the wide range of opportunities, the attendant problems, and the potential benefits of labor-management cooperation. Cooperative arrangements are considered at different economic levels, and 65 cases are discussed. The first of 10 chapters sets up a conceptual framework for the review of American experience in cooperation.…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Cooperation, Economic Development, Employer Employee Relationship
Seddon, Terri, Ed. – 1996
In the late 1980s a new concept entered the educational lexicon in Australia--"award restructuring," or paid training leave for teachers. However, by 1993 the term had disappeared from public view. What began as a new politics of work developed into a complex debate about governance and leadership in Australian education. This book…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Demands, Labor Force Development
Levitan, Sar A.; Johnson, Clifford M. – 1982
This book examines the forces which are changing work in the 1980s and offers a concise analysis of the challenges for social policy which lie ahead. The first of nine chapters looks at changes affecting Americans' concept of work, including expectations, commitment to work, satisfaction, and work reform. Discussion in chapter 2 focuses on…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Cooper, Bruce S., Ed. – 1992
This book analyzes the unionization of elementary and secondary school teachers in a variety of nations. Following the acknowledgments, foreword by Charles T. Kerchner, and introduction, 16 articles are presented from different countries on international labor relations in education. Each chapter contains an overview and exploration of the…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Wendling, Wayne R. – 1984
In 1982 plant closings in the United States affected approximately 1 percent of the country's manufacturing facilities and 1 percent of its manufacturing labor force. Included among the reasons cited for plant closings were low productivity, high wages, and inflexible work rules. Given the nature of the reasons for plant closings and the magnitude…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining
Beder, Sharon – 2000
This book provides an account and critique of the work ethic, a central aspect of modern capitalist society. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 considers social changes in Europe in the 16th-17th centuries, maintaining that work was imbued with moral qualities and wealth seeking acquired social legitimacy through religious sanction. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advantaged, Behavior Standards, Capitalism
