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Direct linkSpringer, Andrew E.; King, Yesmel; Field, Craig; Ojeda, Martha Alicia; Brown, Louis; Monforton, Celeste; Hernandez, Rodrigo; Diamond, Pamela; Atkinson, John; Fernández-Esquer, Maria Eugenia – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Laborers, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems
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
Small, Sylvia – Ethnicity, 1976
Reviews the data obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in reply to a special question asked in the March 1971 monthly population survey about union membership to describe the extent of unionism among black workers and to find interrelationships between union membership, unemployment and earnings. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Influences, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
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
Parker, Ronald W. – Training Officer, 1979
Traces the growth and evolution of the British labor union movement, troubles between the national officials and the local shop stewards, class differences and conflict between the artisans and laborers, violence between unions, and eventual transition to peaceful constitutionalism. (MF)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Conflict, Craft Workers, Foreign Countries
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
Wool, Harold – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1975
These two articles, by Harold Wool and by H. Roy Kaplan, examine a study called "Work in America" which was written by a 10-member task force under the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The authors then present data and discuss ways in which the quality of work in America could be improved. (EJT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Individual Needs
Wojtczak-Jaroszowa, Jadwiga – 1977
Results of physiological and psychological studies related to night and shift work are reviewed from the standpoint of their possible use by industry in understanding the problems of shift work and finding solutions. (New research data that has appeared since original preparation of the manuscript is presented in a three-part addendum with…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems, Laborers
Bradwin, Edmund W. – 1972
The book describes working and living conditions among migrant laborers in the northern Canadian work camps, 1903-1914. The early chapters sketch the development of Canada's transportation systems from the mid-19th century as the setting for the development of labor camps, and describe the contract system in railway construction. The heart of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Download full textManitoba Social Science Teacher, 1994
Devoted to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, this document provides social science teachers with details of the strike as well as general information on teaching about unions, labor, and working-class history. The first article, "The Winnipeg General Strike" (Doug Smith), presents the events during and prior to the Winnipeg General…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Industrialization, Instructional Materials
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
Kessler, Harold; And Others – 1972
Designed for the secondary level, this curriculum guide on labor unions provides an historical background, inquiry-oriented classroom lessons, and resources. The guide contains 17 lessons which examine the structure and daily activities of unions and their members. The first six lessons explore the structure and function of local and national…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Curriculum Guides, Grievance Procedures, Instructional Materials
BISHOP, CHARLES E. – 1967
SEVEN ESSAYS EXAMINE THE REASONS AND PRESENT TABLEAUS OF DATA RELATIVE TO THE LOW PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL FARMS COMPARED WITH LARGE FARMS, THE LOW FINANCIAL RETURNS OF FARM LABOR, AND THE MASS EXODUS OF FARM MANPOWER. THE CHARACTERISTICS, TRENDS, AND SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION OF HIRED FARM LABOR DURING THE PERIOD 1947-1964 ARE PRESENTED. THE CHANGING…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture
Holmes, Eric; And Others – 1976
The nine units highlight the history, activities, values, and aspirations of the Canadian labor force. The program's purpose is to help secondary school social studies students develop a more objective appreciation of labor and of labor's role in Canadian social history. The first unit, "Union Today," analyzes contemporary union activity…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Instructional Materials, Labor, Labor Conditions
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