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Book SynopsisThis text focuses on the structural and institutional barriers that create inequality and inequity in the labor-management relationship as well as how workers, as agents of change, participate in, interact with, and respond to those social, cultural, and economic constructs.
Trade ReviewMarquita Walker is unflaggingly pro-worker. She keeps her eye on the central theme of working people’s experience as she tackles the big questions of what creates an economy and the history of production. This is an ambitious, comprehensive work that puts the employment relationship in its legal and historical context. The 50-page glossary is in itself a great resource. -- Helena Worthen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Table of ContentsThe Daily Grind: How Workers Navigate the Employment Relationship Table of Contents Overview About the Author Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: An Overview of the Field of Labor Studies 1.What is Labor Studies? 2.The American Work Ethic 3.Workers, Culture and Social Class 4.Worker’s Place in the Social Structure 5.Labor’s Place in the Social Structure Chapter 2: Employment Relations in Historical Perspective, 1870-1935 1.The First and Second Industrial Revolutions 2.Union Formation and Strikes 3.Social Environment: Early 20th Century 4.Court Decision, Legislation, and Public Opinion Chapter 3: Employment Relations in Historical Perspective, 1935-present 1.Changing of the Guard 2.The New Deal 3.WWII Begins 4.Labor in Crisis and Transition 5.Labor’s Structural and Organizational Response Chapter 4: Theoretical Models Associated with the Labor Movement A. The Compulsory Nature of Unionism B. Theories of the Labor Movement C. Social Movement Unionism D. Militancy and Social Movements Chapter 5: The Current State of the U.S. Employment Relationship A. Poverty, Wealth and Income Inequities, and Equality versus Equity B. Poverty in the U.S. C. Wealth and Income Inequality D. Policies to Alleviate Poverty: Minimum Wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit E. Equality versus Equity: The Role of Fairness Chapter 6: The Evolution of the Employment Relationship 1.Standard and Nonstandard Employment Relationships 2.The Nature of the Employment Relationship 3.Employment Relationships over Time 4.Job Insecurity in Employment Relationships 5.Globalization’s Effect on Workers Chapter 7: Compensation for American Workers A. Time-oriented versus Task-oriented Labor B. Human, Social, and Cultural Capital C. Work versus Leisure D. American Workers and Leave Time E. Wage Theft Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity in the Employment Relationship A. Definitions of Race and Ethnicity B. Racial and Ethnic Immigration Flows C. Causes and Continuations of Racial and Ethnic Disparities Chapter 9: Gender and the Employment Relationship A. Brief History of Women’s Devalued Status B. Women’s Participation in the Labor Force C. Women as Primary Care-givers C. Wage Disparities Resulting from Gender D. Gender Discrimination in the Workplace E. Gender Disparities in Unions Glossary References Index
