Search Results: Labor from Twin City Antiquarian Books

1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold in white printed card wraps, vii, 96, 5 pp. Covers browned near edges. Contains text of the agreement covering conditions of employment, work rules, weekly wage scales, shift differentials. The agreement is dated April 30, 1960 with exhibits updated to May 21, 1961. Shipping weight 4 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 17 X 11½ cm.

1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold in yellow printed card wraps, vi, 48 pp. Contains text of the specified agreements. The military leave agreement is dated December 27, 1950, while the others are dated July 28, 1963. Shipping weight 2 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 17 X 10½ cm.

1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red printed card covers, sections separately paginated, about 1 cm thick. Name & address of a union local is written on verso of rear fly-leaf. Contains text of the agreement covering conditions of employment, work rules, weekly wage scales, shift differentials. The agreement is dated January 16, 1967 with amendments dated July 16, 1968. Shipping weight 8 oz.. Wire comb bound softcover. Near Fine/No dj. 18 X 13½ cm.

Los Angeles, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold in blue printed card wraps, 58 pp. Covers browned at spine & top edge, previous owner's name on front cover. Contains conditions of employment, work rules, weekly wage scales, shift differentials for the covered workers. Shipping weight 3 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 17½ X 11½ cm.

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect bound, quarter black cloth-textured paper with brown paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, blind "R. S." on front board, 176 pp, notes, index. Slight wear to very fragile spine ends, else as new. Top corner of rear DJ flap creased, else as new in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: Drawing on interviews with dismissed IBM executives in Westchester, New York, bakers in a high-tech Boston bakery, a barmaid turned advertising executive, and many others, Sennett explores the disorienting effects of the new capitalism. He reveals the vivid and illuminating contrast between two worlds of work: the vanished world of rigid, hierarchical organizations, where what mattered was a sense of personal character, and the brave new world of corporate re-engineering, risk, flexibility, networking, and short-term teamwork, where what matters is being able to… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on half-title. Blue boards with small foil dec., grey spine with foil titles, xi, 283, [3] pp, notes, index. Inscription signed by author is dated in year of publication. DJ in Brodart archival cover. "...an eye-opening account of layoffs in America--their questionable necessity, their overuse, and their devastating imact on individuals at all income levels." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, grey spine, foil titles & decoration, xi, 283, [3] pp, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Uchitelle examines the consequences of mass layoffs for workers, communities, and the nation as a whole, and presents alternative policy responses. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Washington, D. C: National Press Books, Inc., 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, 324 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. DJ in Brodart archival cover. History of the Communications Workers of America labor union since the AT&T breakup by its president. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Washington, D. C: National Press Books, Inc., 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on recto of ffep. Black boards, foil titles on spine, 324 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. DJ in Brodart archival cover. History of the Communications Workers of America labor union since the AT&T breakup by its president. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold in grey printed card wraps, viii, 88 pp. Covers browned near edges. Contains text of the agreement covering conditions of employment, work rules, weekly wage scales, shift differentials. The agreement is dated July 28, 1963. Shipping weight 3 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 17 X 11 cm.

Chicago & London: The Dartnell Corporation, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black flexible cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 1244 pp, many figures, bibliography, index. Slight wear & age browning. Contents: industrial relations (IR) trends, research, policy, department organization, & budget; contract negotiations & company security; seniority problems; grievance procedures; white-collar unions; settling labor disputes; foremen's relations; labor-management committees; labor supply problems; women in industry; employment methods; job classifications; industrial testing; employment records; the new employee; training & upgrading; job analysis & evaluation; merit-rating plans; rate ranges & wage schedules; production incentive plans; wage administration; study & self-help activities; developing better supervisors; employee attitude surveys, profit sharing, & turnover; shop rules & discipline;… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles on spine, xx, 620 pp, footnotes, bibliography, index. Boards soiled and rubbed, front endpaper cracked at gutter but cover still firmly attached, a few small pencil notations but otherwise internally clean. This volume contains parts V & VI, covering the period from 1860 to 1896 in detail, with one chapter devoted to later developments, and includes the bibliography for both volumes. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 2nd ptg. . G-/No dj. 22½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow cloth, gilt & black titles on front board & spine, xviii, 555 pp, index. Owner's name on ffep, generally neat pencil notations throughout. DJ lightly worn & soiled, 1 cm tear at top of front joint; in Brodart archival cover. Contains "45 straightforward related appraisals of the complex problems labor leaders face each day...." gathered under the headings: the American labor movement; unions & political activity; union communication--publicity, public relations; union research & engineering; welfare, health, & community services; union administration; union education activity; the union-staff function & aim. Appendices: work stoppages in the United States, 1881-1950; the extent of collective bargaining in the United States; selected Federal labor laws arranged chronologically; analysis of sample data for chapter 2. Shipping weight 3… Read More

Ithaca, NY & London: ILR Press (Cornell University Press), 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige paper-covered boards, gilt titles on brown cloth spine, xiii, 245 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Chronicles the 20-month lockout of United Steelworkers' Local 5668 by the the Ravenswood Aluminum Company, and the strategy used by the union to gain a new contract. Ravenswood had been taken over and loaded with debt in a leveraged buyout by a company ultimately conrolled by fugitive billionaire Marc Rich, who was at the time wanted by the U. S. government. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Blue cloth, orange device on front board & titles on spine, viii, 277 pp, index. Corners & spine ends beginning to fray, hinges reglued, usual library markings, including 'Withdrawn' stamp, two other previous owners' names on endpapers. A pre-publication copy of this report was presented to President Wilson on July 27, 1920. Summarized conclusion made eighteen numbered points, including that U. S. Steel, which controlled half the country's steel industry, arbitrarily determined hours, wages, and working conditions for its 191,000 manufacturing employees, average work week was 68.7 hours, half of employees worked a twelve hour day, and half of the twelve hour per day employees worked a seven day week, annual earnings of one-third of workers were below the minimum of subsistence for families of five (at that time the average family size), earnings… Read More

New York: The Rand School of Social Science, 1921 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mauve pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles on front board, 208, [5] pp, footnotes, index. Rebound thus, originally side-stapled, presumably in wraps. This is very near fine except for tearing at gutter and around the staple holes of the first few leaves; bookplate on fpd. Rather than a history of the labor movement per se, this is a view of American history from the bottom up: "It is my own conviction that a general knowledge of the historical evolution of the American working class; its subjection to various forms of economic servitude in the colonies; its social and economic life at various periods of American history; its splendid achievements as an organized force in the three decades following 1828, and its subsequent history, would give the modern workers a historical culture that would add to their discipline and solidarity and enable them to march to the front as… Read More

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xv, 503, [1] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth fraying at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1955, monthly & quarterly through June 1956. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 69 countries (statistics available vary by country). Data for the USSR are presented separately in an appendix. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 16th Ed. . G/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xvi, 627, [1] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth beginning to fray at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1957, monthly & quarterly through June 1958. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 79 countries (statistics available vary by country). Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1959 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xxiii, 533, [3] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth fraying at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1958, monthly & quarterly through June 1959. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 86 countries (statistics available vary by country). Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . G/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.