Category Archives: Contemporary Labor Issues

The Empirical Case for Streamlining the NLRB Certification Process: The Role of Date and Unfair Labor Practice Occurrence.

Posted on July 25, 2011 by ALSC

The Empirical Case for Streamlining the NLRB Certification Process: The Role of Date and Unfair Labor Practice Occurrence.
This study by Cornell’s Kate Bronfenbrenner and Columbia’s Dorian Warren examines a proposal

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New Data: NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote

Posted on July 25, 2011 by ALSC

New Data: NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote
This new analysis of NLRB election data reveals how current NLRB procedures…

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Hardball & Handshakes

Posted on December 9, 2010 by ALSC

Why Have Professional Atheletes Formed Unions? This instrutional unit uses the history of labor relations in major league baseball as a case study to probe this question. The American Labor Studies Center and the Baseball Hall of Fame have joined …

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Workers Independent News

Posted on October 29, 2010 by ALSC

Workers Independent News (WIN) gathers news by and about working people and creates programs and feature stories for commercial, public, community and college radio stations throughout the United States:
http://www.laborradio.org/

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Labor Politics & Legislation

Posted on October 28, 2010 by ALSC

Click here to read about the latest legislation and politics news from AFL-CIO.

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No Holds Barred: The Intensification Of Employer Opposition to Organizing

Posted on October 15, 2010 by ALSC

Click this link to read about: No Holds Barred: The Intensification Of Employer Opposition to Organizing by Kate Bronfenbrenner

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A Cry for Justice: The Voices of Chinese Workers

Posted on October 15, 2010 by ALSC

Click this link to read about: “A Cry for Justice: The Voices of Chinese Workers”

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Unions Are Good for the American Economy by David Madland and Karla Walter

Posted on October 15, 2010 by ALSC

Unions Are Good for the American Economy by David Madland and Karla Walter
New research shows workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain will be critical…

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The Silent War

Posted on October 15, 2010 by ALSC

The Silent War: “The Silent War,” speaks to the assault on workers’ freedom to choose a union and bargain collectively in the United States. Additional policy statements…

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General Information from the ILO on Child Labor

Posted on October 15, 2010 by ALSC

General Information from the ILO on Child Labor

Cyber School Bus 3Plus-U – An instructional program developed by the ILO to teach about child labor.

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Employee Free Choice Act & Labor Law History

Posted on October 5, 2010 by ALSC

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union…

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