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Peer reviewedFink, Gary M. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1973
In rejecting, prior to The New Deal, the philosophy of voluntarism, one which emphasizes reliance upon labor unions for protection rather than on government aid and intervention, local labor was much closer to the immediate economic and political realities of working-class America. (Editor/MU)
Descriptors: Government Role, Labor Economics, Labor Force, Labor Legislation
Peer reviewedEaton, B. Curtis – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Empirical analysis of 26 Canadian strikes finds strikes profitable, on the whole, to employees. (AG)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Labor Demands, Labor Economics, Labor Force
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1985
Most early research on the impact of undocumented workers on the labor market held that it results in the widespread displacement of native workers. More recent and more sophisticated theory argues that immigrants, both legal and illegal, create jobs by consuming goods and services, and by starting new businesses. This latter idea may not be as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Research, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants
Download full textBohning, W. R.; Maillat, D. – 1974
The study is concerned with the causes and economic consequences of the employment of foreign manpower in the more industrialized countries of Europe. The focus of the study was an analysis of the relationship between the forms in which the foreign work force is utilized and the functioning of the labor market, and an assessment of certain…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Foreign Countries
World Confederation of Labour, Brussels (Belgium). – 1974
According to its president, Marcel Pepin, the World Confederation of Labour (W.C.L.) offers man a way to follow his ideals of fraternity and solidarity within an intellectual framework open to discussion and world-wide point of view. The W. C. L. has tried in recent years to become in particular a mouthpiece for workers in underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, International Crimes, International Law, International Organizations
Swedish Inst., Stockholm. – 1990
This paper presents an overview of labor relations in Sweden from the mid-19th century until the present. It begins with some basic facts about Swedish history, population, economy, and geography, then describes the historical background of labor union organization in the country. The paper then outlines the various types of trade unions in…
Descriptors: Adults, Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Problems
Martin, James E.; Heetderks, Thomas D. – 1990
This book examines in detail the impact of tiered compensation structures on unions, employers, and employees. (Tiered compensation structures are defined as pay systems in which employees who start working or change jobs in a company after a certain date receive a lower rate of pay than employees who were doing the same or similar jobs before…
Descriptors: Adults, Collective Bargaining, Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness
