Trade unions

Trade unions in most of Europe are on the defensive: in recent decades they have lost membership, sometimes drastically; their collective bargaining power has declined, as has their influence on government; and in many countries, their public respect is much diminished.

This first comparative-historical analysis of the regulations that restrict the managerial capacity to dismiss employees and use temporary forms of employment addresses four puzzles that have long troubled the comparative political economy literature.

The Midwest experienced an upheaval over labor rights beginning in the winter of 2011.

The Midwest experienced an upheaval over labor rights beginning in the winter of 2011.

The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required.

The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required.

Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s by working alongside federal agencies created during the New Deal.

Ela Bhatt is widely recognized as one of the world's most remarkable pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development.

Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s by working alongside federal agencies created during the New Deal.

A Class by Herself explores the historical role and influence of protective legislation for American women workers, both as a step toward modern labor standards and as a barrier to equal rights.

Analysis of the direction in which Ghana's policy makers will need to steer the economy for Ghana to fulfil the promise of its independence over 50 years ago.

Politicians, journalists, and the public have expressed rising concern about the decline or percieved decline in middle-class jobs.

In The Deepest Wounds, Thomas D.

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "e;dictatorship.

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With job prospects clouded for even the well-educated, those who leave school with no training beyond high school now face great challenges in making the transition from school to work.

From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana.

From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana.