Work : opposing viewpoints /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego, Calif. : Detroit : Gale Group Thomson Learning,
Greenhaven Press ;
[2002]
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| Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of 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.