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Peer reviewedHaynes, John – New Generation, 1970
This report relates to union workers in five cities, and gives a picture of how the young worker feels about his job, his employer, and his union. (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Generation Gap, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands
Peer reviewedGans, Herbert J. – New Generation, 1970
Holds that some blue/collar workers are at least as critical of the factory as students are of the multiversity." (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands, Labor Needs
Peer reviewedSchrank, Robert – New Generation, 1970
Argues that alienation causes indifference among workers which affects production adversely. (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands, Labor Needs
Davis, Chuck, Ed.; DeAngelis, Tony, Ed. – 1990
This book contains 16 units with 1 to 6 lessons per unit. A wide range of subject areas regarding workers and organized labor are addressed with lessons for both primary and secondary education levels. Though the focus is predominantly on grades 1-6, the curriculum can be modified to apply to various grade levels. Unit titles include: (1) "Child…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor, Labor Conditions
Download full textMarshall, Ray; Rungeling, Brian – 1985
Intended as a resource for secondary teachers, this book analyzes the role of unions in the American economy and examines the main forces influencing unions in the United States. This second edition includes important domestic and external events that have affected U.S. economic policy and unions since the first edition was published in 1976.…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Economic Factors, Economics Education
Cook, Alice H. – 1989
The numbers of women entering the workforce have steadily risen since the mid 1950s. The nature of the family unit has correspondingly changed; the family in which the man was the husband and breadwinner and the woman was wife and mother devoted full time to home and family is a rarity. The attempt on the part of working family members to…
Descriptors: Community Services, Day Care, Employed Women, Employment
Peer reviewedReese, Lyn – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Covers women's labor history in the United States and in industrialized nations from the early 1800s to the present. Provides primary source documents from New England workers in the 1830s and 1840s and from women workers on global assembly lines in the 1980s. Includes discussion questions. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Females
Wirth, Arthur G. – 1981
The traditional systems used to produce goods and services in this country are being challenged by evolving alternatives. The focus of these new alternatives is on the human element in the work force. Studies in adult work attitudes indicate that a more humanistic system is needed to promote productivity. Inherent in the human condition is the…
Descriptors: Adults, Automation, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
