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Series
Bulletin ; 2411
Publisher
The Bureau
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
"This bulletin presents monthly and annual average data on employment, hours and earnings in States and metropolitan areas by industry for selected industries for 1987-92."--p. iii.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the early history of America's labor movement in the nineteenth century, particularly the fight for an eight-hour work day, and its effects on American business and workers.
Author
Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This book looks at the effects of nonstandard work schedules on family functioning and shows how these schedules disrupt marriages and force families to cobble together complex child-care arrangements that should concern us all. The number of hours Americans work has received ample attention, but the issue of which hours-or days-Americans work has received much less scrutiny. This work provides a comprehensive overview of who works nonstandard schedules...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Groups
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Americans are overworked. After declining for a century through hard-fought labor movement victories, average annual work hours increased approximately 8 percent for all working adults from 1979 to 2016. In Worked Over, sociologist Jamie McCallum reveals how the battle over time on the job has been central to conflicts over capitalism from the beginning, how overwork is at the heart of the inequities and injustices in America's economy today, and...