San Antonio College Library

Study of collective bargaining in the sports industry in the USA - discusses how professional athletes' trade unions bargained or went on strike for wage increases, old age benefit, more advantageous labour contracts, etc.; describes trade union attitudes to drug testing and penal sanctions for violence; discusses these in relation to baseball, football, basketball and hockey. References, statistical tables.

In recent years, by following media coverage of many scandals of accounting and accountability, the public has gained a greater understanding of what can happen when businesses do not adhere to ethical practices. It is now time for the human resources and industrial relations communities to explore the application of ethics to the employment relationship and to discover the importance of treating employees, not just numbers, properly.

Bringing together research in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, this text answers a series of key questions such as: What opportunities do employees in Anglo-American workplaces have to voice their concerns and what do they seek?

It is no secret that corporate America is in trouble - as are labor unions - and a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations that excludes labor from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which they work. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labor circles, the coauthor of the widely acclaimed The Deindustrialization of America and The...

Study of the historical development of social security and labour policy in France, 1890-1914 - reviews economic conditions, the emergency of the working class and ideologies of social reform; examines the role of the Radical political party in the reform social movement; comments on early labour legislation with regard to accident insurance, old age benefits, hours of work, labour relations, trade union rights, etc.; considers trade union attitudes...

"Coming at a time of profound change in the global conditions under which American organized labor exists, The Future of the American Labor Movement describes and analyzes labor's strategic alternatives. The analysis is broadly cast, taking into account ideas that range from the current European Social Dialogue to the methods of the nineteenth-century American Knights of Labor. There are a number of intriguing strategies, including worker ownership...

This practical guide for persons with both a full-time job and family responsibilities provides advice for easing the burden of conflicting demands--including how to get help from employers, family, public officials, and unions.--From publisher description.

Women around the world have achieved higher levels of education than ever before and today represent more than 40 percent of the global workforce. Yet their share of management positions remains unacceptably low. This timely study reviews the changing position of women in the labor market and in professional and managerial work. It examines the obstacles to women's career development and the action taken to improve their opportunities and promote...