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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
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
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
