Industrial relations, occupational health and safety

Creators of the modern industrial state, engineers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were part of a rising force or urban, middle-class experts.

One answer to unemployment is to spread available opportunities among more people.

On 18 November 1941, the gold miners of Kirkland lake struck for union recognition.

Following an enquiry by a Royal Commission in 1957-60, the London Government Act, 1963 made sweeping changes in the local government of Greater London.

This collection of papers by some twenty contributors has been selected in the main from presentations made up to the Berger Inquiry, and reflects the efforts of the Dene people to block the construction of a pipeline through the Mackenzie Valley lands they claim as their own.

The 1970s are of particular relevance for understanding the socio-economic changes still shaping Western societies today.

The 1970s are of particular relevance for understanding the socio-economic changes still shaping Western societies today.

In 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) sent communist union organizer Arthur "e;Slim"e; Evans to the smelter city of Trail, British Columbia, to establish Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

In 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) sent communist union organizer Arthur "e;Slim"e; Evans to the smelter city of Trail, British Columbia, to establish Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects - and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour.

In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects - and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour.

Closing Sysco presents a history of deindustrialization and working-class resistance in the Cape Breton steel industry between 1945 and 2001.

Closing Sysco presents a history of deindustrialization and working-class resistance in the Cape Breton steel industry between 1945 and 2001.

In this absorbing narrative, Barry E.

From mining to sex work and from the classroom to the docks, violence has always been a part of work.

From mining to sex work and from the classroom to the docks, violence has always been a part of work.

In this absorbing narrative, Barry E.

Seit Jahrtausenden strebt der Mensch nach Fortschritt, Ordnung und Sicherheit.

Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory

'Bretherick' is widely accepted as the reference work on reactive chemical hazards and is essential for all those working with chemicals.

Human factors measurement has characteristics that set it apart from psychological or engineering measurement and for that reason, human factors testing and evaluation deserves special treatment.

In order to succeed, human factors research must blend the subjective and objective aspects of the client's situation, applying both argument and evidence.

The objectives of Human Reliability are to build reliability into the job, into the machine, and into the environment, and to let man perform naturally.

Since the early 1970s there has been a considerable growth in the literature published on the topic of human reliability.

The second edition of this book brings together a wide range of occupational safety and health recommendations and practices directly applying to hazardous waste site clean ups.

This reference work covers the breadth of cognitive ergonomics in human*b1computer interaction (HCI).

The Second Paycheck: A Socioeconomic Analysis of Earnings is a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of earnings, with emphasis on the dynamic labor supply behavior of men and women.

Measuring Underemployment: Demographic Indicators for the United States discusses the Labor Utilization Framework of Hauser and Sullivan, which is a measurement scheme that posits the existence of three dimensions, or forms, of underemployment- time, income, and skill-utilization.

Labor Supply and Public Policy: A Critical Review deals with the theoretical and empirical econometric research done on the determinants of labor supply and with the effects of public policies on labor supply.

The Regulatory Process and Labor Earnings focuses on one form of government intervention in the marketplace-state regulation of public utilities.

An Analysis of the Determinants of Occupational Upgrading presents a study that focuses on occupational mobility as a proxy measure for job upgrading.

The Economics of Labor Migration: A Behavioral Analysis presents an in-depth study of the various factors and conditions that lead to a worker's decision to migrate.

Labor in the Twentieth Century provides the comparative method of reviewing labor in five advanced democratic countries.

Labor and the Economy provides the theory, empirical studies of the labor force, and public policies that flow from the theories and empirical studies in the field of labor economics.

Workers' Earnings and Corporate Economic Structure investigates the role of economic structure in determining employees' earnings and how workplace organization contributes to social inequality.

A Time to Train: An Account of Experience Gained by RTB, at its Spencer Works describes the training of those to be employed in steelworks.

Home, School and Work: A Study of the Education and Employment of Young People in Britain describes the events during the period of transition from school to work.

Safety at Work features articles from 25 specialist contributors written in association with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

Migrant Workers in Western Europe and the United States discusses the state of job migration of Europeans and Americans.

Social workers and health professionals are often placed in situations where they are verbally or physically threatened by service users and others.

The Urban Informal Sector is a collection of papers presented at a multi-disciplinary conference on "e;"e;The urban informal sector in the Third World,"e;"e; organized by the Developing Areas Study Group of the Institute of British Geographers in London on March 19, 1977.

An Exercise in Redeployment: The Report of a Trade Union Study Group discusses the report of a trade union study group that probed the cancellation of the TSR2 project, forcing some 2,000 employees of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.

The Trade Unions-What Are They?

Great Figures in the Labour Movement is a historical account of ten leading persons involved in the British Labor Movement.

Manpower Policies for the Use of Science and Technology in Development discusses several factors to consider when making human-resource-related policies in the science and technology industries.

Leaving School and Starting Work

Wages and Earnings is a review of statistical sources, both official and non-official, on wages and earnings in Britain.

The Trade Unions-What Are They?

British Trade Unions Today examines why a large percentage of the British population belongs to a trade union, how they do it, what they expect from their unions, and how the trade union movement affects their fellow citizens.

Safety in the Process Industries aims to ensure the safety of people involved in process plants, especially those who face its immediate hazards and dangers.