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Pecorella, Robert F. – Public Personnel Management, 1988
The author examines the New York City Department of Sanitation's formulation of a program to introduce women into its blue-collar work force. Results indicate that comprehensive gender integration programs must pursue two distinct and often conflicting values--remediation and equity. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Case Studies, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Ben-Ami, Ilan – Migration World Magazine, 1992
Examines characteristics and immigration experiences of young male Israeli immigrants to New York City who find work in car washes and furniture moving, jobs requiring neither special skills nor work papers. Differences in background and long-range immigration plans between the groups are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Cultural Background
Bernstein, Blanche; And Others – 1972
The estimate of the income distribution of the Jewish population of New York City is based on the main on data from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census on the 1970 income distribution of the city's population. While the methodology used probably results in an underestimation of Jewish income and, therefore, an…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Census Figures, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns