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The Content and Functions of Labor Education in the Soviet Union.
Boyle, George V. – 1989
Labor unions in the U.S.S.R.--having emerged in Russia about 100 years after U.S. labor unions and been called by Lenin the "shock troops of the revolution"--do not much resemble their U.S. counterparts. Union members, including factory managers, constitute 99.3 percent of the work force, and place of employment or profession determines…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Labor Education, Labor Relations
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Its Implications for Steward Training.
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Sorcinelli, Gino – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1981
Elaborates Kohlberg's six stages of moral development and applies this theory to a course to train union stewards for processing grievances. Discusses other applications in labor education. (SK)
Descriptors: Grievance Procedures, Labor Education, Labor Relations, Moral Development
Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975.
O'Farrell, Brigid; Kornbluh, Joyce L. – 1996
This book recognizes 11 women who helped to build the U.S. labor movement. In chapters based on oral history interviews, they tell stories illustrating the turmoil, hardships, and accomplishments of thousands of other union women activists. Chapter 1, "An Overview: And Not Falling Out," describes individual differences, connecting themes, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Employed Women
Learning to Organize: US Unions, Work, and Learning
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Scully-Russ, Ellen – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: Responding to the recent split in the US labor movement, this paper aims to argue that learning must become an integral part of a progressive union devoted to organizing. Design/methodology/approach: This paper traces the evolution of vocational education in US industrial unions and critiques it in light of the challenges facing labor…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Labor Relations, Labor, Unions
The Role of Unions in Improving Workforce Quality, Labor Market Efficiency and Effective Employee Management. Background Paper No. 42.
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Cappelli, H. Peter – 1989
Relatively little is known about how unions affect employers because of a lack of data and research at the level of the firm. The little evidence available suggests that the effects are complex and go well beyond the effects associated with higher wages. In particular, a better understanding of the role that unions play in providing training and…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship, Employers
Teaching for Change: Popular Education and the Labor Movement.
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Delp, Linda, Ed.; Outman-Kramer, Miranda, Ed.; Schurman, Susan J., Ed.; Wong, Kent, Ed. – 2002
These 28 essays recount popular education's history and its multiple uses in the labor movement today: to organize the unorganized, to develop new leaders and activists, and to strengthen labor and community alliances. They explore its other facets: theater and culture, economics education, workplace safety and health, and classroom use and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Community Involvement
Technological Change in the Auto Industry. CAW Technology Project.
Robertson, David; Wareham, Jeff – 1987
Today the auto industry is going through the most radical restructuring it has experienced since its birth. Included in this upheaval is a dramatic reorganization of the workplace, and technology has been both a catalyst and a central part of such change. The issues involved touch every facet of workplace life: job classifications and demarcation…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship