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"The BC tradition of fighting back against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions has been around since before the colony joined Confederation. In 1849 Scottish labourers at BC's first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and it's been a wild ride ever since. For years the BC labour movement was the most militant in the land, led by colourful characters like Ginger Goodwin, murdered for his pains, and pull-no-punches...
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Kanopy Streaming
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Julia Query, activist, comedian, lesbian and stripper at a club called the Lusty Lady, put in long hours on stage and in the peep booth along with fellow exotic dancers Decadence, Lolita, and Octopussy. But when faced with no sick leave, unfair demotions, safely and privacy concerns, and racial discrimination, Query and her co-workers decide to organize and unionize the exotic dancers of the Lusty Lady. WINNER! Audience Award- San Francisco International...
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Kanopy Streaming
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Italiano
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An anarchically outrageous comedy from Lina Wertmüller, All screwed up is ripe for rediscovery, an accomplishment as impressive as the classics she made before and after: Love and anarchy (1973) and Swept away (1974). It tells the story of Gigi (Luigi Diberti) and Carletto (Nino Bignamini), two Southern country boys who travel north to get work in Milan. Arriving with nothing but the clothes on their backs, they join the labor movement and live...
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Kanopy Streaming
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In Thailand, women make up 90 percent of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. This powerful, revealing documentary about women factory workers and their struggle to organize unions exposes the human cost behind the production of everyday items that reach our shores. Probing the profound impact of the New World Order on the populations that provide the global economy with cheap labor, Made In Thailand...
5) Union maids
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New Day Films
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English
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Three women union activists tell their fascinating stories of organising in 1930s America, recounting their conflicts with bosses, police as well as their struggles against racism and sexism.
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Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 2
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Putnam
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 16
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10) Labor Day
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Crabtree Pub
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IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Explains the history of Labor Day and describes how it is observed in the United States and around the world.
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Reflexión sobre la legislación laboral peruana, en la que se analiza los derechos del trabajador y su constitucionalidad.
¿Cuán eficaces son los derechos fundamentales del trabajador en su relación laboral? ¿Cuál es el límite en el que aquellos se ven interrumpidos ante las demandas del empleador de la empresa? ¿Desde qué perspectiva aborda la jurisprudencia peruana dicha relación? A la luz de una Constitución como la nuestra, que percibe...
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Este libro está enmarcado en el proyecto de investigación Determinación de las implicaciones de la subcontratación o tercerización en el trabajo digno o decente, una investigación interinstitucional desarrollada entre la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Seccional Medellín, la Fundación Universitaria CEIPA, la Facultad de Contaduría y Administración de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y la Universidad Vasco de Quiroga de México.
Esta...
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¿En qué momento un problema se vuelve finalmente visible en la esfera pública, en la agenda de los políticos y los medios? ¿Debe mediar un acontecimiento desgraciado o trágico para que esto suceda? Entre las cuestiones preocupantes que han permanecido largo tiempo fuera de la discusión, la tercerización laboral es sin duda una de las más persistentes. Este libro se propone contribuir al análisis de esta problemática, atendiendo a sus orígenes,...
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A compilation of pertinent and updated "black letter" laws that are part of the official Philippine bar examination coverage and corresponding sections of laws that have been subject of previous bar examination questions. There are also certain important laws which, while not expressly included in the exam coverage, are not specifically excluded either. The Anvil Law Books series is the result of the authors' aim to help bar hopefuls in their journey...
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Employers have long turned to behavioral science for guidance on making their organizations more effective. Labor scholar Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should also take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in this field, and he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so.
Much of the behavioral science research relevant to unions relies on complex statistical analyses and is disseminated through scholarly journals. This...
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An Introduction to Labor Law is a useful primer that explains the basic principles of the federal law regulating the relationship of employers to labor unions. In this updated third edition, which features a new introduction, Michael Evan Gold discusses the law that applies to union organizing and representation elections, the duty to bargain in good faith, economic weapons such as strikes and lockouts, and the enforcement of collective bargaining...
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Compelled by the extent to which globalization has changed the nature of labor relations, Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin give us the first textbook to focus on the workplace outcomes of the production of goods and services in emerging countries. In Labor Relations in a Globalizing World they draw lessons from the United States and other advanced industrial countries to provide a menu of options for management, labor, and...
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