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Showing 1 to 20 of 115 for “"unionism"”.
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Agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire 1900-1930
… growth and distribution of agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire and evaluates and explains developments using four key variables. After a discussion of the sources used and a description of union development involving the National Union of Agricultural Workers (NUAW) and Workers' Union (WU …
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A Model of Individual Demand for Unionism
During the history of the trade unions movement in the United States, there have been cyclical variations around a generally upward trend in membership. Over the past twenty years, however, the proportion of the labor force that are union members has declined while absolute levels of membership …
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Public Employee Unionism in Downstate Illinois Municipalities
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T17:25:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0002219.pdf: 21433202 bytes, checksum: 0cdded2366de3ba54cb12637c440ac14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1950
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Rockbridge County unionism and the secession crisis
… This thesis traces the political development of Unionism in Rockbridge, examines the economic factors that influenced many county residents to maintain allegiance to the federal Union, and shows how this allegiance manifested itself. My study also reveals that Unionism in Rockbridge eroded …
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School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district
… to explore and understand school-based teacher unionism by conducting an empirical analysis of the views and experiences of stakeholder groups in a Gauteng district. Participants saw the role of teacher unions at school level as being the protection of their members. Principals and SGB members …
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Teacher unionism and empowerment in rural Illinois school districts
… study investigates the problem of how teacher unionism in rural school districts relates to teacher empowerment within those districts. Specifically, the study attempts to examine which variables describing teacher unions in rural unit school districts in Illinois influence union presidents', …
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A survey of employee unionism in the United States Government with comparisons with employee unionism in the central governments of selected english speaking countries
The purpose of this study is to review employee unionism and employee-management relations as they exist in the Federal public service of the United States. Attention is given to the historical development of employee organizations with the record of the Government as an employer as a background. …
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The internet and the politics and processes of trade unionism
… internet for the politics and processes of trade unionism. Michels' classic formulation on the "iron law of oligarchy" and its grounding in a communications based theory of leadership domination is presented as a heuristic devise for uncovering the significance of Information Communication …
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The Rise Of Public Sector Unionism In Detroit, 1947-1967
<p>In 1947, the Michigan Legislature passed into law the Hutchinson Act banning strikes of state and local workers. The law provided for the termination of striking public sector workers but did not require state and local agencies to bargain with public employees or their representatives. It even …
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Teacher Unionism: An Assessment of Teachers' Motives for Joining Unions
… of the problems facing American teacher unionism today. The purpose of this study is as follows: (1) to theoretically identify teachers' motives for joining unions; (2) to empirically identify teachers' motives for joining unions; (3) to investigate the relative importance of the …
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Political cultures in British trade unionism and their dissemination : 1931–1951
This study is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded collaborative project between Salford University and the Working Class Movement Library (WCML). The project seeks to investigate and analyse, both diachronically and synchronically, the political cultures within major British trade unions …
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Presbyterians, Ulster unionism and the establishment of Northern Ireland 1905-47
… the influence of Irish Presbyterianism on Ulster Unionism in particular, and on the political life of Ireland and Northern Ireland in general between 1905 and 1947. Its role has been contentious, under-examined and even the nature of the Church has often been misunderstood. <br/><br/>This study …
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Lincoln's Conservatives: Conservative Unionism and Political Tradition in the Civil War Era
This dissertation challenges the theories of new political historians, who argue that nineteenth-century American politics was little influenced by ideology. Instead, by treating the public careers of self-identified conservatives in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet--Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, Salmon …
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Employee status and collectivism: a study of managerial and professional trade unionism
This research examines the managerial and professional status of members of three case-study unions: Nautilus International, Prospect and the Transport and Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA). It considers the extent to which members' behaviour in these unions constitutes a shift away from the …
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Southern Irish Unionism during the revolutionary and post-Independence periods, 1912-1932
… to their pushing for a new departure in southern unionism in alliance with likeminded influential members of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy (e.g. Midleton, Desart, Oranmore, Donoughmore, inter alia). This resulted in their breaking away from the IUA and the formation of the APL in 1919 as a vehicle …
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The Development and Economics of Firefighter and Police Unionism: A Comparative Study
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T23:49:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7412161.pdf: 13132992 bytes, checksum: 63ae515a6b269a55a8b8816ab2ab1acf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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An Economic Analysis of the Interrelationship Between Unionism and Technology: 1947-1957
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T21:04:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5902025.pdf: 12413729 bytes, checksum: 23bb93b58cc710c357304a42a08c6e7b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1959
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"No Idle Sightseers": the Ulster Women's Unionist Council and Ulster Unionism(1911 - 1920)
… the time, nor the literature related to Ulster unionism and twentieth-century Irish politics and history have paid much attention to its existence and work. This dissertation seeks to redress this. The framework of analysis employed is original in terms of the concepts it combines with a gender …
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A New Framework of Enterprise Unionism: A Comparative Study of Nine Asian Countries
… enhances our understanding of enterprise unionism in Asian countries. Future research should explore the validity of this framework through comparative studies of Latin American countries, where enterprise unions have also been observed.
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