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The decline in private sector unions in America is well documented, but some unions have bucked this trend, most notably the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union. Its former president liked to say: "We use the power of persuasion first. If it doesn't work, we try the persuasion of power." The targets of SEIU's corporate campaigns find themselves on the defensive and, tied to traditional public responses, are often flummoxed by...
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In All I Want Is a Job!, Mary Gatta puts a human face on workforce development policy. An ethnographic sociologist, Gatta went undercover, posing as a client in a New Jersey One-Stop Career Center. One-Stop Centers, developed as part of the federal Workforce Investment Act, are supposed to be an unemployed worker's go-to resource on the way to re-employment. But, how well do these centers function? With swarms of new clients coming through their doors,...
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Susan Mann focuses on a longstanding controversy in sociological theory: why has agriculture been traditionally resistant to wage labor? Capitalist development has been slower and more uneven in agriculture than in other spheres of production, and major parts of the rural economy remain almost preindustrial in their reliance on family labor, lack of separation between industry and household, and failure to develop a highly specialized division of...
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Bruce Western is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty associate of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
In the United States, less than one worker in five is currently in a labor union, while in Sweden, virtually the entire workforce is unionized. Despite compelling evidence for their positive effects, even the strongest European unions are now in retreat as some policymakers herald the U.S. model of market deregulation....
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En el contexto de la globalizacin econmica los mercados laborales han ido sufriendo transformaciones en sus procesos de administracin, organizacin y empleabilidad. De ah que la interrogante que orienta la presente publicacin es cmo se ubican los profesionistas en el mercado laboral flexible y cules son las competencias que le son requeridas en el acceso al mismo?. El libro integra en sus captulos elementos conceptuales, caractersticas, clasificacin...
86) The Gig Economy
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The “gig economy” is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors.
This books seeks to get behind the contemporary buzz surrounding the term and provide some theoretical and empirical analysis of the gig work phenomenon. The...
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Hace doscientos años, la prestación personal se regulaba por el contrato de arrendamiento de servicios, que formaba parte del derecho civil. Sin embargo, los criterios de libertad e igualdad aplicados a relaciones sociales inequitativas, como las que existen entre el empresario y el trabajador, condujeron a un régimen de extrema explotación y generaron las bases para su ruptura. Se constituyó así el contrato de trabajo y el área que rige las...
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"Perspektive Jura" ist das Expertenbuch zum Einstieg in juristische Berufe im Öffentlichen Dienst, in Kanzleien und in Unternehmen. In zahlreichen Berufsbildern und Erfahrungsberichten stellen Autor:innen aus der Praxis interessante Tätigkeiten für leistungsstarke Jurist:innen vor. Auch die wichtigsten Fragen rund um Studienplanung, Bewerbung und Karriere werden beantwortet: Wie kann man bereits in Studium und Referendariat die Weichen für die...
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If the American labor movement is to rise again, it will not be as a result of electing Democrats, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing. Rather, workers will need to rediscover the power of the strike. Not the ineffectual strike of today, where employees meekly sit on picket lines waiting for scabs to take their jobs, but the type of strike capable of grinding industries to a halt -- the kind employed up until the 1960's....
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This is a great guidebook for anyone who wants to become a waiter, or for waiters who aspire to move up in the industry. Covers basic aspects of table service, the types of service offered in fine dining venues, best practices for formal dining occasions, and much more. There is an additional section that covers the basics of bartending and mixed drinks. The author has many years of experience as a waiter in the hotel and restaurant industry.
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En sintonía con las anteriores ediciones, esta tercera edición se preocupa por incorporar nuevas críticas y comentarios a las reformas legislativas ocurridas en materia de derecho laboral individual, incluyendo además nueva jurisprudencia.
elmer aRCE ORTÍZ es abogado por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad de Cádiz, España. Es Profesor Principal del Departamento de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad...
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When Wisconsin governor Scott Walker threatened the collective bargaining rights of the state's public sector employees in early 2011, the massive protests that erupted inresponse put the labor movement back on the nation's front pages. It was a fleeting reminder of a not-so-distant past when the "labor question"-and the power of organized labor-was part and parcel of a century-long struggle for justice and equality in America. Now, on the heels of...
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The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population, and the United States has received exceptional inflows of human capital. This foreign talent has transformed U. S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on immigration policy, and the...
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In a recent survey, 20 percent of the workers interviewed reported that they had either experienced religious prejudice while at work or knew of a coworker who had been subjected to some form of discriminatory conduct. Indeed, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the filing of religious discrimination charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national...
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Salarios de miseria, horas extra sin remunerar, pluriempleo y jornadas parciales, falta de tiempo para conciliación familiar u ocio, ansiedad —tantas veces devenida en depresión—, accidentes laborales, consumo de anfetaminas para rendir, indefensión ante los abusos empresariales, temporalidad, ofertas de trabajo surrealistas, sobrecualificación, falsos autónomos... La vorágine de precariedad sigue y sigue, mientras la obnubilante cultura...
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This study explores prospects for inclusive growth in the Central Asia and the South Caucasus region and highlights the central role played by the creation of good jobs. The study reviews economic performance in the region and discusses prospects through 2030, introducing two growth scenarios related to the adoption of structural reforms for creating good jobs and inclusive growth. It also highlights the importance of adopting a full policy reform...
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On an August morning in 1877, a dispute over wages exploded between miners and coal company owners. A furious mob rushed down Lackawanna Avenue only to be met by a deadly hail of bullets. With its vast coal fields, mills and rail lines, Scranton became a hotbed for labor activity. Many were discontented by working endless and dangerous hours for minimal pay. The disputes mostly ended in losses for labor, but after a strike that lasted more than one...
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Un magnífico libro inscrito en los debates sobre el papel de los sindicatos en la democratización política que contribuye a una mejor comprensión del tema en América Latina. Esta obra analiza los cambios, continuidades y contradicciones del sindicalismo mexicano, su peso político, cómo lo han impactado las reformas económicas y de política laboral. Además se examinan sus alianzas con sus contrapartes de Canadá y Estados Unidos, y cómo...
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In August, 2017, the death knell sounded for yet another troubled American manufacturer: Appleton Coated, a historic mill in Wisconsin's historic paper valley that had been the community's economic mainstay for 128 years. The mill was sold to an industrial scrapper; hundreds of jobs were threatened, and a way of life hung in the balance.
But then the unlikely happened.
The mill's union local and one county official leveraged an obscure legal strategy...
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[2021]
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After a mining accident kills her father and leaves her brother missing, twelve-year-old Ana puts her dreams on hold and goes into the mine to help her family survive in their impoverished Bolivian silver mining community.
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