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Historical dictionary of organized labor
Organized labor is about the collective efforts of employees to improve their economic, social, and political position. It can be studied from many different points of view—historical, economic, sociological, or legal—but it is fundamentally about the struggle for human rights and social justice. As a rule, organized labor has tried to make the world a fairer place. Even though it has only ever covered a minority of employees in most countries, its effects on their political, economic, and social systems have been generally positive. History shows that when organized labor is repressed, the whole society suffers and is made less just.
The Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor looks at the history of organized labor to see where it came from and where it has been. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on most countries, international as well as national labor organizations, major labor unions, leaders, and other aspects of organized labor such as changes in the composition of its membership. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about organized labor.
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Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor
The Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor looks at the history of organized labor to see where it came from and where it has been. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on most countries, international as well as national labor organizations, major labor unions, leaders, and other aspects of organized labor such as changes in the composition of its membership. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about organized labor.
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Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
This four-volume set examines every social movement in American history - from the great struggles for abolition, civil rights, and women's equality to the more specific quests for prohibition, consumer safety, unemployment insurance, and global justice.
Unlike Europe, where most public sector workers have long been included in collective bargaining agreements, the United States excluded public employees from such legislation until the 1960s and 70s. Since then, union membership in the U. S. has grown more rapidly among public workers than among workers in the private sector. This book provides up-to-date information on public sector collective bargaining in the United States today. The editors' seek to understand the real nature of PSB by examining eight states where the action is taking place -- California, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The chapters offer unique case studies of legal origins, developments, and challenges to collective bargaining; negotiations experience and outcomes; discussion of legislation; and emphasis of histoical development as well as current practice.
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(Extraordinary) Bodies of Knowledge: Recent Scholarship in American Disability History
Two pieces that might be appropriate for high school readers are Brad Byron's chapter on Hospital-Schools during the Progressive Era and Janice Rockley's study of two families, their significantly disabled children, and infanticide in Depression Era New York. A particularly rich collection of essays, Paul Longmore's Why I Burned My Book (2003), has become a staple in many disability history classes for its strong methodological approach as well as for its compelling blend of academic scholarship and personal experience. To demonstrate the field's versatility and timeliness, the remainder of this essay will consider disability in relation to common themes of historical study-civil rights, community and family, race and ethnicity, and medical science and technology. Modeled on the 1960s Civil Rights Acts, Section 504, Scotch argues, shifted legal protections for people with disabilities from merely \"special privileges\" to fundamental civil rights.
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Twelfth NewsWatch
The agreement amounts to a three per cent federal funding increase and includes 10-year agreements to fund mental-health and home-care initiatives as well as extra money to fight the opioid overdose crisis. (12) --- (Trudeau-Merkel) (Audio: 40) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving a keynote address at a gala event in Germany that has a 700-year history.
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--- (Nursing-Home-Probe) (Audio: 47) Police have laid six more charges against former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who is already facing eight charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of elderly nursing home residents.
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Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia
In his preliminary note on use of the text, Weir emphasizes its utility for high school students, particularly those studying Advanced Placement U.S. History, followed by college students, public library patrons, and others in need of general background information on American labor history. [...]the entry \"civil rights movement and labor\" discusses over ten unions in relation to their inclusion or exclusion of African American workers and their various engagements with civil rights actions.
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