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Hampson, Keith – 1985
Although employment has increased, Great Britain faces rising unemployment due to the large number of school leavers. New jobs are there, but many are in the service sector, traditionally for women and mostly part-time. Unions demand high starting wages that are a disincentive for employers to hire young people and pay raises that make job…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Needs, Employment, Employment Problems
Bureau of Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1988 the Collective Bargaining Forum, a private group of labor and business leaders, adopted a statement of principles recognizing that the institution of collective bargaining is an integral part of economic life in the United States. The purpose of the statement was to facilitate the spread of positive relations between labor and management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Collegiality, Employer Employee Relationship
President's Committee on Youth Employment, Washington, DC. – 1963
THE REPORTS OF SIX SUBCOMMITTEES ARE INCLUDED--(1) PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, (2) PREPARING IN-SCHOOL YOUTH FOR WORK, (3) ROLE OF LABOR, MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION IN TRAINING OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH, (4) COUNSELING, GUIDANCE, AND MOTIVATION, (5) LAWS AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH, AND (6) PROBLEMS OF…
Descriptors: Business, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Responsibility
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1967
The papers and discussion at an international seminar of manpower and labor experts are summarized by G. Bowen Thomas. An interpretative essay, "Manpower Problems of An Expanding Sector," by Solomon Barkin, is also included. The seminar was designed to fill the information gap and to stimulate investigations concerning common manpower…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Economics, Employment Level
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Social Affairs Div. – 1964
Representatives of employers' and workers' organizations from 16 member countries met to analyze the problems of facilitating adjustment to geographical and occupational changes, to discuss their experience, and to study the type of overall program needed in this field. The report contains (1) an introduction to the Seminar by Solomon Barkin, (2)…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Employees, Employers
NAB Clearinghouse Quarterly, 1984
This document is the first issue of a National Alliance of Business publication designed to present proven solutions, cutting-edge strategies, and comprehensive reference materials and to examine in depth in each issue a critical issue related to public/private employment and training partnerships. This first issue addresses one of the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Citations (References), Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Devinatz, Victor G. – 1999
This book, which is based on a 7-month ethnographic study of working conditions and employment practices at a biomedical electronics factory, examines the impact that high tech has had on the relationship between management and workers in the manufacturing industry. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 10 chapters: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biomedical Equipment, Career Education, Case Studies