Search Results - subject:"right to work"

Dispossession is nine-tenths of the law : right-to-work and the making of the American precariat

Varga, Joseph - In: Labor studies journal : official journal of United … 39 (2014) 1, pp. 25-45

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Can parents' right to work part-time hurt childbearing-aged women? : a natural experiment with administrative data

Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2013

Using a differences-in-differences approach and controlling for individual unobserved heterogeneity, we evaluate the impact of a 1999 law that granted all workers with children younger than 7 years old protection against a layoff if the worker had previously asked for a work-week reduction due...

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Right-to-Work Laws : Liberty, Prosperity, and Quality of Life

Vedder, Richard K. - 2013

them to join collectives of other workers to negotiate their wages and working conditions. The right-to work provisions of … compelled to join as a condition of employment. The evidence is absolutely clear: Americans prefer the right-to-work environment … to the alternative.The proportion of Americans living in right-to-work states has risen noticeably over the years, and …

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Can Parents' Right to Work Part-Time Hurt Childbearing-Aged Women? A Natural Experiment with Administrative Data

Fernández-Kranz, Daniel - 2013

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Views on Right-to-Work Legislation Among Michigan's Local Government Leaders

Ivacko, Thomas M.; Horner, Debra - 2013

This report presents Michigan local government leaders’ opinions regarding the state’s "right-to-work" legislation …

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The right to work for persons with disabilities : international perspectives

Wansing, Gudrun (ed.); Welti, Felix (ed.); … - Das Recht auf Arbeit für Menschen mit Behinderungen - … - 2018 - 1st edition

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After Janus what comes next? : possible solutions to the free-rider problem

Pierson, Dale D. - In: Labor studies journal : official journal of United … 43 (2018) 4, pp. 269-296

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To the promised land : Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice

Honey, Michael K. - 2018 - First edition

"We the disinherited of this land" : Kinship with the poor, 1929/ 1956 -- "We have a powerful instrument" : Rights unionism and the cold war, 1957/ 1963 -- "Northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men" : Labor and civil rights at the crossroads, 1964/ 1966 -- "In God's economy" :...

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Developing the Right to Work : Intersecting and Dialoguing Human Rights and Economic Policy

Sarkin, Jeremy; Koenig, Mark A. - 2012

This article explores why the “right to work” remains underdeveloped through an analysis of its theoretical origins and … developmental path. First, the article explores specific content of the right to work, as well as the international legal … have shaped it. This discussion progresses into analysis of the different perspectives and approaches to the right to work …

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When Do Creditor Rights Work?

Safavian, Mehnaz; Sharma, Siddharth - 2012

Creditor-friendly laws are generally associated with more credit to the private sector and deeper financial markets. But laws mean little if they are not upheld in the courts. The authors hypothesize that the effectiveness of creditor rights is strongly linked to the efficiency of contract...

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