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Wool, Harold – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1975
These two articles, by Harold Wool and by H. Roy Kaplan, examine a study called "Work in America" which was written by a 10-member task force under the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The authors then present data and discuss ways in which the quality of work in America could be improved. (EJT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Individual Needs
Download full textSlesinger, Doris P.; Pfeffer, Max J. – 1992
This paper documents migrant farm workers as being among the most persistently underprivileged groups in American society. Migrant farm workers typically receive low wages from irregular employment and live in poverty with access to only substandard housing and inadequate health care. The lack of economic improvement stems from a number of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Employer Employee Relationship, Farm Labor
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, MI. – 1974
This pamphlet on labor history highlights some of labor's economic and political actions during the past 200 years. The purpose is to provide inspiration and motivation for greater participation in union work. The introduction explains the purpose of unions--to pursue economic independence and social stature for all individuals--for defenseless…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women
