Labor unions--United States; Labor unions--Social aspects--United States
This is a study of the American labor movement, particularly how national labor policy is enacted at the local level. Specific differences between business unionism and social movement unionism, as defined in the literature, are combined and...
Sex role in the work environment; Undertakers and undertaking--Social aspects; Women white collar workers
Hochschild (1983) stated that emotional labor has unique consequences for women. However, most studies of these consequences have been situated in feminized occupations which have wage penalties and little upward mobility (see Sweet and Meiksins,...
Industrial relations--United States; Industries--Social aspects--United States
The original intention of this dissertation was to have been a brief treatment of some phases of our modern industrial problem. Later, however, it was decided to offer suggestions for solutions to these various problems. This I have attempted to do...
Women household employees--Southern States--History; African American women--Civil rights--Southern States--History; Minority women--Southern States--Social conditions; Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century
During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as
domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and
exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights...
This dissertation empirically studies computer-assisted writing administration as a site of agency for social change by inquiring how writing program administrators (WPAs) use their agency and power when developing and maintaining computer-mediated...
Medical care, Cost of--Research--United States; Poor-- Medical care--United States
This thesis uses data from the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey in a quantitative examination of the capacity of the labor market in the United States to provide employment to the poor which enables them to afford health care. The...
This dissertation is composed of three essays in which I examine the influence of formal institutions on entrepreneurs and new firms. In the first essay, "The Influence of Institutions on the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Multilevel...
This study is a historical analysis of reasons and dynamics behind the emergence of fundamentalist religious movements. Its purpose is to develop a new conceptual apparatus to the approach toward religious fundamentalist movements that would...
Implementing Job Rotation as a manufacturing method is beneficial to production efficiency, reduction of labor cost, operator satisfaction, and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) reduction. In this thesis, the steps of simulating the...
The goal of this longitudinal, multilevel study was to develop a better understanding of poor renter households' mobility patterns by identifying the relative importance of individual and contextual variables. Variability in neighborhood poverty...
Gay rights; Gays--Employment; Bullying in the workplace
Employee retention continues to be a major drain on the resources of organizations, especially in terms of personnel, productivity, and financial resources. One of the primary motivators of employee turnovers established by research is the issue of...
A quarter of a century ago, Abraham Epworth Rounds, aged forty-five, came shambling out of mountainous Eastern Tennessee to one of our Kentucky cities. He was intent on making a living in easier fashion than scratching it from the lean soil of the...
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and...
Segregation in education; African American construction workers; Construction workers; African Americans; Labor unions; Race relations; Laborers' International Union of North America; Women construction workers; African Americans--Employment; A....
Oral history interview conducted with James "Jimmy" Stewart on April 4, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Stewart, business manager for Local 576 of the Laborers' International Union of North America discusses segregation in education in Tennessee...
Copy of a poster with the three-story Union Labor Temple on it. The stone building has arched windows on the third and second stories. The text above reads "For Sale." The temple was at 127-133 West Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Address: 319 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Tyler Block is capped by a triangular pediment with a center medallion carving that reads, "Tyler Block 1874." The first floor of this complex is made up of stores while upper...
Address: 319 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Tyler Block is capped by a triangular pediment with a center medallion carving that reads, "Tyler Block 1874." The first floor of this complex is made up of stores while upper...
Three men stand with signs on top of trolley tracks. One wears a trolley conductor's hat with the number 899 on it. Signs read, "Lou. Railway unfair to organized labor," "Lou. Railway employees want more - Service - Safer running...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials
Portrait of Edward F. Seiller of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing wire-frame glasses and a striped suit. Crop marks frame his face, and the photograph is discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Chief (State Labor Inspector), Kentucky...
Politicians; United States. Congress; Legislators--United States; Legislators--Kentucky; Legislative bodies--Committees; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor; United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Ethics;...
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on August 10, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the seventh of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
