Organized Labor in American History

The Fate of Organized Labor

Oskarsson, Sven. 2003. The Fate of Organized Labor: Explaining Unionization, Wage Inequality, and Strikes across Time and Space. Department of Government, Uppsala University. 181 pp. ISBN 91–506–1723–0 The point of departure for this thesis is the divergent fate of organized labor during the last decades in the Western world. Given what we know about actual trends, how are we to explain the var...

The Effect of Oral Progesterone on Deceasing Preterm Labor in Patients with a History of Preterm Labor

Background Preterm birth with a prevalence of about 10% causes 75-95% of prenatal mortality, and one of the effective factors of it is hormonal factors. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral medroxy progesterone on reducing preterm labor in women with a history of preterm labor. Materials and Methods This double-...

The AAAS and Organized American Science.

Immigration in American Economic History.

The United States has long been perceived as a land of opportunity for immigrants. Yet, both in the past and today, US natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to integrate into US society and lower wages for existing workers. This paper reviews the literatures on historical and contemporary migrant flows, yielding new insights on migrant selection, assimilation of immigrants into US...

Attitudes of organized labor officials toward health care issues: an exploratory survey of Alabama labor officials.

Delegates to the Alabama AFL-CIO Convention were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward their health benefits and various options for health care reform. Most are satisfied with their current health care coverage, but dissatisfied with its high costs. Participants attribute the high costs to providers' pricing policies and insurance companies' overhead.