Emerging labor market institutions for the twenty-first century / edited by Richard B. Freeman, Joni Hersch, and Lawrence Mishel.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Individual rights and collective agents : the role of old and new workplace institutions in the regulation of labor markets / David Weil -- White hats or Don Quixotes? human rights vigilantes in the global economy / Kimberly Ann Elliott and Richard B. Freemen -- The living wage movement : what is it, why is it, and what's known about its impact? / Jared Bernstein -- The role and functioning of public-interest legal organizations in the enforcement of the employment laws / Christine Jolls -- Unionization of professional and technical workers : the labor market and institutional transformation / Richard W. Hurd and John Bunge -- A workers' lobby to provide portable benefits / Joni Hersch -- A submerging labor market institution? unions and the nonwage aspects of work / Thomas C. Buchmueller, John E. DiNardo, and Robert G. Valletta -- Union participation in strategic decisions of corporations / Eileen Appelbaum and Larry W. Hunter -- Development intermediaries and the training of low-wage workers / Lisa M. Lynch.

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Private sector unionism is in decline in the US. This volume examines the strategies being employed by unions to protect their positions & also looks at the new institutions, such as NGOs & community groups, that are concerned with workers' interests.

English.

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