Work : opposing viewpoints /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Haley, James, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Detroit : Gale Group Thomson Learning, Greenhaven Press ; [2002]
Series:Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
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.