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 Sherman Library  HD6955 .W667 2002    AVAILABLE  
Title Work : opposing viewpoints / James Haley, book editor.
OCLC 48177258
ISBN 0737709146 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737709154 (alk. paper)
Publisher San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press ; Detroit : Gale Group Thomson Learning, [2002]
©2002
Description 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
LC Subject heading/s Working class -- United States.
Labor unions -- United States.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index.
Contents The education system should emphasize work skills / Pamela Emanoil -- The education system should not emphasize work skills / Robert W. Schaffer -- Improving basic skills will benefit workers / Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy -- Improving basic skills will not benefit workers / Steve Kangas -- Job training programs should be expanded / Anthony P. Carnevale -- Traditional job training programs are ineffective / Anita Hattiangadi -- Government intervention is not a solution to unemployment / David Boaz -- Government intervention can foster full employment / Dimitri B. Papadimitriou -- Welfare-to-work programs help disadvantaged workers / Ron Haskins -- Welfare-to-work programs harm the disadvantaged / Randy Albelda -- A national living wage will improve living standards / Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism -- Living wage ordinances reduce employment / Jill Jenkins -- Increasing the number of foreign professionals will hurt U.S. workers / Norman Matloff -- Increasing the number of foreign professionals will not hurt U.S. workers / Suzette Brooks Masters and Ted Ruthizer -- The influence of labor unions may be increasing / Amy B. Dean -- The influence of labor unions is declining / Kevin Hassett -- Workers should not be required to pay union fees / Reed Larson -- Requiring workers to pay union fees is fair / William L. Clay -- Contingent workers will benefit from union representation / John J. Sweeney -- Contingent workers will not benefit from union representation / Christopher Westley -- Affirmative action promotes equality / James A. Buford Jr. -- Affirmative action does not promote equality / Arch Puddington -- Comparable worth policies are beneficial to women / Naomi Barko -- Comparable worth policies are not beneficial to women / Diana Furchtgott-Roth -- The Americans with Disabilities Act has helped disabled workers / Brenda Paik Sunoo -- The Americans with Disabilities Act has not helped disabled workers / Thomas DeLeire.
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