Labor Policy

The typical American worker puts in nine weeks more on the job than his or her European counterpart. The costs of this overwork are enormous, both personally and societally. This b… More

Learn to minimize your stress level -- both at the office and at home -- to maximize your productivity and happiness.

Learn all you need to know about coping with stress in the… More

The breakthrough approach for aligning people with strategy for higher profits

Organizations that select, develop, deploy, manage, and motivate their people to pr… More

Dramatic trends are already in motion that will force organizations to do some major rethinking about their relationships with their employees. The New Workforce outlines fi… More

A concise, original, and illuminating interpretation of union activity in the United States over almost two centuries.

In the next 20 years, citizens over the age of 65 will outnumber children for the first time. Americas labor force is not only growing older, its also ushering in a whole new set o… More

According to author Glenn Solomon, the "at-will" employment rule has undermined economic security and basic civil rights for decades. In this book he exposes it for what it is and … More

Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work i… More

"Lynch's passionately argued book asks: How did controversial social policy that lacked public support nonetheless become institutionalized? The social policy Lynch examines is aff… More

A concise, original, and illuminating interpretation of union activity in the United States over almost two centuries.

Tsiganou explores the enormous diversity of worker participative schemes across national contexts. Using a historical comparative approach, schemes are examined in developed countr… More