The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century

The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Richard Bales

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1108428835

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Over the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Richard Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today's workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own.


Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2021

Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2021

Author: Mary Meghan Ryan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-07-31

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 1636710182

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The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. It allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history. This edition examines the impact that COVID-19 had on the labor market throughout 2020. Specifically, it discusses the sharp decline in employment, the rise of telework, and information on how Americans used their stimulus payments. In addition, it also includes a completely updated chapter on prices and inflation. The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including: Employment and unemployment; Earnings; Prices; Productivity; Consumer expenditures; Occupational safety and health; Union membership; Working poor Recent trends in the labor force And much more! Features of the publication In addition to over 215 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides: Introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data Notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived References to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures