This article explores the efficacy and cost effectiveness of New Labour's skills-based policies to help low paid workers adjust to the pressures generated by globalisation, of which the leading example was Train to Gain (T2G). It also analyses the more general issue of how, why and under what circumstances education, training and skills can help…

From 1909 to 1910, the public performance of soap-box oratory began to effect dramatic changes in the composition of migrant workers throughout the Pacific Northwest. Municipal authorities in Spokane attempted to curb the formation of a union of hobo orators by outlawing public speech-making within the city fire limits. The ensuing confrontation…

Examines the historical and social context of the rise of the militant trade unionist, and his role in French Society. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Most of the leadership throughout the labor movement have been concerned about the lack of rank and file participation in labor unions. An evaluation of the relationship of labor education and union participation is explored. (WL)

An astounding construction feat of Chinese Americans was the work done on the western section of the transcontinental railroad. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new line took place in Sacramento in 1863, but up until 1865, less than 50 miles of running track had been laid, and this was over relatively level land. The construction superintendent…

Methods and procedures provided by 1,614 collective bargaining agreements to accommodate handicapped workers in New York State are described. Handicapped veteran clauses are considered; also considered are the prevalence and content of handicapped worker clauses, including transfers provided for in general terms, transfers subject to seniority…

Education specialists from Latin America met in Lima (1) to determine workers' educational needs arising from management participation and (2) to identify the programs and methods which would fulfill those needs. Both concerns are the topics of the discussion. (BP)

Reviews the data obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in reply to a special question asked in the March 1971 monthly population survey about union membership to describe the extent of unionism among black workers and to find interrelationships between union membership, unemployment and earnings. (Author/AM)

The terms, workers' education, labor education, and labor studies, reflect historical periods differing in curriculum content, student body, and basic objectives. (MV)

THE TRADES GUILD OF LEARNING WAS FOUNDED IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1873 BY THE REVEREND HENRY SOLLY TO PROMOTE THE VOCATIONAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF ARTISANS. NOT A TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION, IT INVOLVED SKILLED WORKERS OUTSIDE THE UNIONS AS WELL AS TRADE UNIONISTS. A SERIOUS CONFLICT BETWEEN SOLLY'S PATERNALISTIC PHILANTHROPY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF…

Contends that if issues are articulated, work is done, are communities developed with sensitivity--without hardening of organizational forms or premature alliances between fearful groups--then the ethnic factor in working-class life can be an important tool for creating both individual fulfillment and social unity. (RJ)

This workbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This workbook is designed to orient people who are only recently literate to the world of work and business. Topics covered include worker…

Examines the influence of social, economic, government, and organized labor forces on employee relations and reviews the implications of those four forces for employee relations and management. (Author/IRT)

Traces the growth and evolution of the British labor union movement, troubles between the national officials and the local shop stewards, class differences and conflict between the artisans and laborers, violence between unions, and eventual transition to peaceful constitutionalism. (MF)