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Falaize, Robert – Labour Education, 1986
Presents a biographical sketch of Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor. (CH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations, Leaders
Cedeno, Maria E. – 1993
Written for young people, this book traces the accomplishments of Cesar Chavez, a labor leader who fought to improve the lives of Mexican-American farmworkers in California. Chavez was born in 1927 in the Gila Valley, Arizona. When Chavez was 10, his family lost their farm and was forced to move to California and become migrant workers. Chavez and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescent Literature, Agricultural Laborers, Biographies
Download full textVan Tine, Warren R. – 1993
While the building and printing industries flourished in pre-Civil War Columbus, manufacturing languished. The manufacturing base grew and diversified from 1820 to 1850. Few unions emerged, and those that did seldom lasted long. During the Civil War business and manufacturing increased to serve the camps and prisons established in Columbus. When…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Conditions, Labor Demands
Gaswirth, Marc; And Others – 1982
Researchers analyzed 127 public school teachers' strikes in New Jersey during the 36 school years from 1945 through 1981, presenting their data in over 60 tables. Data were collected from newspapers, magazines, and journals; through personal interviews; and via a questionnaire survey of affiliates of the New Jersey Education Association and the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational History, Educational Policy
