Industrial relations, occupational health and safety

Teachers and Their Unions: Labor Relations in Uncertain Times explores the decade of uncertainty in public education following the Great Recession by first laying a foundation that describes the development of teachers and public education and the rise of teacher unions.

A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry.

The society and economy of Vietnam is still characterised by a rapid transformation process.

The society and economy of Vietnam is still characterised by a rapid transformation process.

The aim of this book is to provide "e;human engineering"e; for workplaces, tools, machinery, computers, shift work, lighting, sound, climate, work demands, offices, vehicles, healthcare, and the home - and everything else that we can produce - to suit the human body and mind.

This insightful book addresses recovery as a comprehensive concept for prevention of health-threats in modern societies through active lifestyles.

First published by Ravan Press in 1985, Cast in a Racial Mould was a pioneering book.

Between the 1880s and 1910s, thousands of African Americans passed civil service exams and became employed in the executive offices of the federal government.

Health economics is concerned with the study of the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions.

The power of unions in workers' lives and in the American political system has declined dramatically since the 1970s.

For many African Americans, getting a public sector job has historically been one of the few paths to the financial stability of the middle class, and in New York City, few such jobs were as sought-after as positions in the fire department (FDNY).

The 1920s Jazz Age is remembered for flappers and speakeasies, not for the success of a declining labor movement.

In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as "e;unproductive citizens.

From the 1870s to the 1930s, the Lake Superior Ojibwes of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced dramatic economic, political, and social changes.

Deborah Levenson-Estrada provides the first comprehensive analysis of how urban labor unions took shape in Guatemala under conditions of state terrorism.

Between the 1880s and 1910s, thousands of African Americans passed civil service exams and became employed in the executive offices of the federal government.

In The Deepest Wounds, Thomas D.

Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "e;first line of defense"e; against Communism.

This book presents a comprehensive view of the safety in the workplace and the safety leadership factors and provides detail analysis of the OSHA regulations, safety training and technological aspects of safety in the workplace.

From 1940 to 1970, nearly four million black migrants left the American rural South to settle in the industrial cities of the North and West.

How far would or should you go to feel secure?

Hearing and understanding sound- auditory processing- greatly enriches everyday life and enhances our ability to perform many tasks essential to survival.

The International Board for the Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM) has designated this text as the Primary Study Reference for those preparing to sit for the Certified Hazard Control Manager (CHCM) and the Certified Hazard Control Manager-Security (CHCM-SEC) Examinations.

Completely revised and updated, Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition presents a case study of one university's policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal structure and regulatory environment.

An increase in major natural disasters has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety.

Most scholarship on corporate governance in the last two decades has focused on the relationships between shareholders and managers or directors.

Unique in its focus, this book provides an evidence-based framework for assessing work-related neurological and psychological injuries.

Pierce helps you take control of the dizzying process of effecting changing procedures, processes, and attitudes in your company's safety and health program and then position your operations for continuous improvement.

Conducted by NIOSH, these comprehensive case studies bring the latest research and technology to bear on workplace health problems which companies are likely to encounter at a variety of worksites.

Having written safety and health policies isn't enough.

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Leo Troy describes and analyzes the changes in the economy and labor markets and the subsequent and continuing changes in unions.

This 2nd Edition is a significantly expanded exploration of hazardous chemicals, their effects on human health, and the principles of hazards materials toxicology and industrial hygiene.

Managing Electrical Safety provides an overview of electric basics, hazards, and established standards that enables you to understand the hazards you are likely to encounter in your workplace.

Written for members of the construction industry and any industry where fall hazards exist, this reference book/self-study guide features more than 250 original illustrations of the 29 CFR Parts 1910 and 1926 requirements.

Using the simple and effective checklist method, this book offers a convenient and efficient way to comply with complicated federal regulations and to help your employees understand the dangers of the hazardous materials in your workplace.

Learn the project management skills you need to survive as an EH&S professional.

Filled with practical insights, solutions, and tools, this book will help even veteran safety professionals better understand behavioral approaches to safety, improve safety performance and employee involvement, and obtain senior management support.

2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Winner2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award - NominatedThe story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women's workplace rights.

2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Winner2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award - NominatedThe story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women's workplace rights.

This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "e;Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement,"e; held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.

This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "e;Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement,"e; held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union.

Mining has played a formative role in the history of Northern Ontario.

Lucille Milner describes her early years as a reformer.

To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets.