Industrial relations, occupational health and safety

Risk-informed Methods and Applications in Nuclear and Energy Engineering: Modelling, Experimentation, and Validation presents a comprehensive view of the latest technical approaches and experimental capabilities in nuclear energy engineering.

In The Future We Need, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta bring a novel perspective to building worker power and what labor organizing could look like in the future, suggesting ways to evolve collective bargaining to match the needs of modern people-not only changing their wages and working conditions, but being able to govern over more aspects of their lives.

With the introduction of new production methods and technological innovation, tradesmen and workers encountered new challenges.

This book is an insightful and detailed analysis of Canadian labour relations policy at the beginning of the 20th century, and of the formulation of distinctive features which still characterize it today.

In this important reference work, Zeliger catalogs the known effects of chemical mixtureson the human body and also proposes a framework for understanding and predicting theiractions in terms of lipophile (fat soluble) / hydrophile (water soluble) interactions.

Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale.

Managing Tourist Health is a seminal study which combines a range of state of the art reviews of the issues facing tourism managers and professionals in the fast growing area of tourist health and safety.

Work has never been as safe as it seems today.

Construction professionals have a range of demanding responsibilities; towards clients, their companies, and to abide by government regulations.

Frisch ausgebildete Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit stehen nach Rückkehr in den Betrieb oft vor dem Problem, dass die Umsetzung des erlernten Wissens schwer ist: Entweder ist die Erwartungshaltung des Unternehmers/Arbeitgebers sehr hoch oder es müssen Maßnahmen und Vorhaben im Betrieb durchgesetzt werden – vielleicht sogar gegen gewisse Widerstände.

Complex and closely watched, the U.

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

A contemporary classic in Peru, where it was first published in 1986, this book explores changes in the political identity and economic strategies of the Peruvian working class in the 1970s and 1980s.

The well-documented gap between men's and women's earnings has aroused intense debate over the concept of comparable worth, that is, equal pay for work judged to be of equal value.

Divided into four sections-public safety agencies, key issues like interoperability and cybercrime, management skills, and emerging trends like the transfer of military technologies to civilian agencies, Managing Public Safety Technology illustrates how essential managing technology is to the success of any project.

The emergence of a 'new' democratic South Africa under Nelson Mandela was regarded as a high watermark for international ideals of human rights and democracy.

During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federal government.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

Women across the world experience gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace.

Hazards of the Job explores the roots of modern environmentalism in the early-twentieth-century United States.

This book explains the decline in trade union participation, looking at both macro and micro levels.

In the last twenty years considerable progress has been made in process risk and reliability management, particularly in regard to regulatory compliance.

Work-related stress and resulting sickness absence costs the UK economy about GBP3.

Why are unions weaker in the US than they are in Canada, despite the countries'' many similarities?

This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedback information to actualize reliability results; and how to optimize an inspection politic or a maintenance strategy.

This book defines environmental reaction engineering principles, including reactor design, for the development of processes that provide an environmental benefit.

Public safety, as well as the safety of products and services, is of paramount importance and interest to individuals, organisations and society.

Hailed on its first publication as a masterly account detailing a roadmap for compliance with workplace standards, regulations, and rules, Surviving an OSHA Audit: A Management Guide, Second Edition, is specifically designed for managers and other professionals who seek to provide a safe work environment.

First of all, it is necessary to start by evaluating working life as the most important part of our life.

Der von Katharina Maehrlein und ihrer Initiative "Stark wie Bambus" organisierte erste Soul@Work-Kongress zur Prävention von psychischen Erkrankungen am Arbeitsplatz im Frühjahr 2014 war ein großer Erfolg.

Much of the more than 30 million tons of asbestos used in the United States since 1900 is still present as insulation in offices and schools, as vinyl-asbestos flooring in homes, and in other common products.

A business continuity management system (BCMS) is a management framework that prepares the organization by developing business continuity strategies to meet its business and statutory obligations during an incident.

Race against Liberalism examines how black worker activism in Detroit shaped the racial politics of the labor movement and the white working class.

Designed for chemical engineers and other technical personnel involved in the design, operation, and maintenance of facilities and equipment where deflagration and detonation flame arresters (DDFAs) may be required, this book fosters effective application and operation of DDFAs through treatment of their principles of operation, selection, installation, and maintenance methods.

Osteoporosis is the most comprehensive, authoritative reference on this disease.

This report reviews documents on acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for nerve agents GA (tabun), GB (sarin), GD (soman), GD, and VX, sulfur mustard, diborane, and methyl isocyanate.

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This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades.

This new edition builds on the success of the first edition.

This book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and where regressive sales taxes apply even to food for home consumption.

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There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State.

This book explores the relationship between architecture, government and fire.

From financial planning to birthing experiences, this guide from an experienced paediatrician and a doting mom covers it all.

- If our plant catches fire, when should it be allowed to burn down to prevent pollution?

Roadwork: Theory and Practice, now in its sixth edition, gives the essential information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer, not only by explaining the theory of road construction and its associated activities, but by illustrating its application with practical working methods that are in use in everyday engineering practice.

Putting Ireland on trial, Jim Larkin's verdict was damning and resolute.