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Protecting Women's Jobs: Unions And Deindustrialization, Marietta Morrissey
Protecting Women's Jobs: Unions And Deindustrialization, Marietta Morrissey
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper explores the impact of union membership on a group of unskilled women workers at a public university in a midwestern city. Although the region has experienced high levels of unemployment in recent years, women subjects have been relatively insulated from job loss. Consistent with other research findings on the consequences of unionization, interviews with 18 women indicate that their job tenure is long, tendency to exit jobs low, and wages and benefits relatively good. African-American and white women have slightly different employment histories, however, reflecting patterns of discrimination and occupational segregation in the work place. Regional economic change …
Telecommunications: Have Regulators Dialed The Wrong Number? 1995-96, Department Of Economics
Telecommunications: Have Regulators Dialed The Wrong Number? 1995-96, Department Of Economics
Werner Sichel Lecture Series
Telecommunications: Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? is the thirty-second Annual Public Seminar Series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This year's series is directed by Professor Donald L Alexander of the WMU Economics Department, and is co-sponsored by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. The public is cordially invited to attend the seminars and no admission 1s charged.