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What Workers Want (Copublished With Russell Sage Foundation)

1 review
Richard B. Freeman, Joel Rogers

ILR Press, 2006

What Workers Want
Finally a book that ask's workers what they want, rather than some pontification of a organizational theory or anecdotal information by a Ivory Tower Guru. The authors used a multi-part survey that ask workers about what they wanted - participation in the organizations is what the workers seeked. Workers voiced their opinion in that they believe that greater participation in their jobs and ...

Whittier and Whittierland: Portrait of a Poet and His World

1 review

Hpl Pr, 1987

A lovingly gathered pictorial portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier and his works
BOOK DESCRIPTION: Whittier and Whittierland: Portrait of a Poet and His World Published by the Trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead as a bicentennial tribute in 1976. (Reprinted 1980) From the book's Introduction: "This book attempts to present a pictorial biography of Whittier from his earliest farm days to the final moments before his death in Hampton Falls. Using ...

Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?

1 review
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Richard B. Freeman

Peterson Institute, 2003

Labour standards under globalization
This is a very useful book on labour standards and the way to improve them using international trade and globalization. Written in a simple and easy way, it also offers a comprehensive review of the recent literature on these topics. In the first part it is discussed the role of the ILO and its tools to spread labour standards: monitoring policy, technical cooperation and enforcement or ...

America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market

1 review
Richard B. Freeman

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

Eye opener
Freeman offers an eye-opening perspective on the forces that have changed and developed the U.S. Labor Market. He highlights what he perceives to be it's biggest problems and offers explanations as well as recommendations to help the U.S. Labor Market. The final chapters really get past all of the historical forces that have brought it to where it is and offer a view of the future and challenges ...

The Black Youth Employment Crisis (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)

University Of Chicago Press, 1986

In recent years, the earnings of young blacks have risen substantially relative to those of young whites, but their rates of joblessness have also risen to crisis levels. The papers in this volume, drawing on the results of a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, analyze the history, causes, and features of this crisis. The findings they report and conclusions they reach revise accepted explanations of ...