Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / This study selects two segments of American society, church and labor, within which to examine official pronouncements of specific agencies for the purpose of setting forth the image of labor organization contained therein. The study seeks to contribute to the understanding of the nature of labor organization by examining the image of organized labor held by national levels of church and labor organizations, and to test the hypothesis that the disparaties in image between church and labor groups has led to ambiguity in the church-labor relationship and to confusion with respect to church strategy concerning labor organization. The source material for this study is made up of the official pronouncements of the selected groups consisting of the national agencies of the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Within each group the study is confined to the highest level of national organization and the verbalizations which issue from that source. The method used in handling the data represents a median between statistical procedures of content analysis and purely qualitative procedures. The investigation is set forth in the form of a preliminary historical survey of labor organization in America and is followed by an analysis of the pronouncements of the agencies selected for study. The images of labor organization which emerge from this study can be summarized as follows: 1) The A. F. of L. sees itself during this period as the defender of the kind of labor organization that protects the basic economic welfare of the workingman by preserving his "freedom" to bargain collectively with the employer without government intervention. Laissez-faire collective bargaining is looked upon as the crucial means by which greater material prosperity can be won and is often identified with the essence of "freedom" itself. 2) The C. I. 0. image of itself relates labor organization more positively to government and shows less tendency to worry about government intervention. C. I. O. pronouncements emphasize collective bargaining as an obligation as well as a right and see it as a contribution to industrial democracy and democracy in general. 3) The image of labor organization revealed in the major Protestant agency during the period under study reveals an increasing tendency to see labor organizations as "big labor" and coordinate in power with management. 4) The image of labor organization revealed in the pronouncements of the National Catholic Welfare Conference displays a more frankly sympathetic acceptance of labor organizations as they are, with some concrete suggestions as to how they might be improved in line with Catholic social policy. Church policy shows a tendency to react to past forms of labor organization rather than to witness to present forms of labor organization. D1e Industry Council Plan promoted by the Roman Catholic church gives a frame of reference and a goal for Catholic policy not apparent in Protestant statements. The social justice ideals of earlier Protestant efforts served to relate the Protestant churches meaningfully to the emerging "labor movementn in the struggle for "rights," but at the same time unwittingly encouraged a materialism within labor organization. The pronouncements of the National Council during the ten year period following the close of World War II fail to disclose either a comparable crusade for the goals of organized labor or a comprehensive framework for the understanding of the nature and role of labor organization. It would seem that both the idea of "community" and the Protestant idea of the "calling" might serve as possible starting points for the development of a meaningful Protestant witness to organized labor.

Os padrões de ratificação de Convenções da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) e de coalisões sobre os patamares internacionais mínimos de trabalho, ao longo dos anos, podem ser explicados pela teoria de vantagem comparativa de David Ricardo, pelo modelo Heckser-Olin sobre exportações e pelo teorema de efeitos distributivos de Stolper-Samuelson. Nos últimos anos, alguns autores examinaram variáveis que poderiam potencialmente influenciar a decisão dos Estados de ratificar ou não Convenções da OIT. Sob a perspectiva da economia política internacional, variáveis tais como recursos internos e capacidade de investimentos foram usadas previamente no modelo sobre coalizões no livre comércio criado por Rogowski. Neste artigo, o nível de escolaridade é acrescentado a um modelo teórico que agrupa países de acordo com o seu respectivo fator interno de produção mais abundante, capacidade de investimentos e nível de escolaridade, orientando os respectivos apoios ou recusas em relação à adoção de padrões internacionais mínimos de trabalho. O modelo teórico foi testado por uma análise descritiva dos padrões de ratificação a partir de banco de dados criado para tal finalidade, no qual foram combinados dados oficiais e premissas originais de comparação. O banco de dados poderia ser utilizado para organizar países com base em diversos critérios e, para o objetivo do presente artigo, a conclusão alcançada foi no sentido de que os recursos produtivos internos e a capacidade de investimentos são relevantes para a formação de coalizões em relação à adoção dos patamares internacionais mínimos de trabalho, enquanto que os níveis de escolaridade são irrelevantes. / The ratification patterns at International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions and coalitions on minimum International Labor Standards throughout the years can be explained by David Ricardo\'s theory of comparative advantage, Heckser-Olin model on exports and the distributional effects of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. Over the last years, literature has examined variables that could potentially affect States\' decision to ratify or not ILO Conventions. Under the international political economy perspective, variables such as endowment and investment capability were previously used in the model on free trade coalitions, designed by Rogowski. In this article, educational attainment is added to a theoretical model that team up countries according to their most abundant internal factor of production, investment capability and educational attainment, guiding their support or disapproval of international minimum labor standards. The theoretical model was tested by a descriptive analysis of ratification patterns for which a database was built, combining official data and original premises of comparison. The database could be used to organize countries by any criterion, and for the purposes of this article the conclusion is that factor endowment and investment capacity are relevant to the formation of coalitions on minimum International Labor Standards at ILO, whereas education attainment is irrelevant.

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Thus, we first sought to make a discussion about the world of labor, starting by the ontological sense of the social being, and then the labor in the capitalist mode of production and the its forms of organization, through the Taylorism, Fordism and Toyotism. In the Toyotism, there is an intensification in the fragmentation and desregulation of labor and, consequently, of labor rights. We discussed about interdisciplinarity and its relation to labor. In order to present the reality of the Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) II of the municipality, we first briefly presented the health policy, starting with the Sanitary Reform, which culminated in the approval and implementation of the Brazilian Unified Health System, in 1988. It also happens, in the late 1970s, the Psychiatric Reform Movement, which began the proposal of deinstitucionalization of people with mental disorder in psychiatric hospitals, being replaced by a network of services to them. However, in the Brazilian political, economic and social conjuncture – in the early 1990s – there is an openness to the neo-liberal ideology that is advancing in an overwhelming way in the country, with cuts especially in social areas. Nevertheless, the Psychiatric Reform continues in the search for deinstitucionalization and the country has begun to install CAPS as the central strategy of this process. The Law regulating these services was only approved in 2001. In December of the same year, the III National Conference of Mental Health was held, in which, among other proposals, is approved the interdisciplinary teams for action in the CAPS. Hence, we present the proposal in national level for the operation of these in the municipalities. Following, we bring the political, economic and social conjuncture in municipal scope, and the consequences coming, particularly, to health policy, from the outbreak of Pecúlio Operation in the municipality, which investigates politicians, former secretaries, directors, businessmen and public servants for frauds against the public administration. This situation influences directly in the working conditions of the servers and, consequently, the users of the public services. So, we present the work organization of the CAPS II and the answers of the subjects of research. Finally, through the analyzes, it is possible to verify that there are no interdisciplinary practices in this socio-occupational place of attendance to users with severe and persistent mental disorder. In order to respond to what was proposed in this study, it was based on the perspective of Dialectical and Historical Materialism, opting for Qualitative Research method of approach. The research technique was the exploratory research, field research, using for the data collection the bibliographic research and the questionnaire with open questions elaborated by the researcher and delivered to the research subject, so that they respond it and hand it back. The research area was CAPS II of Foz do Iguaçu, having as subjects of research the professionals that work in this socio-occupational place, adding up to nine subjects. / Este estudo tem por objetivo geral verificar se, na prática da organização do trabalho de atendimento a usuários com transtorno mental severo e persistente no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial em Foz do Iguaçu, há ação interdisciplinar. Deste modo, primeiramente buscouse realizar uma discussão referente ao mundo do trabalho, iniciando pelo sentido ontológico do ser social, e na sequência o trabalho no modo de produção capitalista e as formas de organização do mesmo, através dos modelos taylorista, fordista e toyotista. No modelo toyotista, há uma intensificação na fragmentação e desregulamentação do trabalho e, consequentemente, dos direitos trabalhistas. Tratou-se da interdisciplinaridade e a sua relação com o trabalho. Para apresentar a realidade do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS) II do município, antes realizamos uma breve apresentação da política de saúde, a partir do processo da Reforma Sanitária, que culminou com a aprovação e implantação do Sistema Único de Saúde em 1988. Também ocorreu desde o final da década de 1970, o Movimento de Reforma Psiquiátrica, o qual iniciou a proposta de desinstitucionalização das pessoas com transtorno mental dos hospitais psiquiátricos, sendo substituído por uma rede de atenção de serviços. No entanto, na conjuntura política, econômica e social brasileira – no início dos anos 1990 – há abertura para o ideário neoliberal que avança de modo avassalador no país, com cortes especialmente nas áreas sociais. Porém, o movimento da Reforma Psiquiátrica continua na busca da desinstitucionalização e tem início pelo país a instalação dos CAPS, enquanto estratégia central deste processo. A Lei que regulamenta estes serviços somente é aprovada em 2001. Em dezembro deste mesmo ano, é realizada a III Conferência Nacional de Saúde Mental, na qual entre outras propostas, tem-se a aprovação de equipes interdisciplinares para atuação nos CAPS. Assim, apresentamos a proposta em âmbito nacional para o funcionamento destes nos municípios. Na sequência, trazemos a conjuntura política, econômica e social em âmbito municipal, as consequências advindas, particularmente, à política de saúde, a partir da deflagração da Operação Pecúlio no Município, a qual investiga políticos, ex-secretários, diretores, empresários e funcionários públicos por fraudes contra a administração pública. Situação essa que rebate diretamente nas condições de trabalho dos servidores e, consequentemente, nos usuários dos serviços públicos. Portanto, apresentamos a organização do trabalho do CAPS II e as respostas dos sujeitos da pesquisa. Por fim, através das análises, é possível verificar que não há práticas interdisciplinares neste espaço sócio ocupacional de atendimento aos usuários com transtorno mental severo e persistente. Para responder ao que se propõe neste estudo, fundamentou-se na perspectiva do Materialismo Histórico e Dialético, optando pelo método de abordagem da Pesquisa Qualitativa. A técnica de pesquisa foi a exploratória de campo, utilizando para a coleta de dados a pesquisa bibliográfica e o questionário com perguntas abertas elaboradas pelo pesquisador e entregues ao sujeito de pesquisa, para que este responda e lhe devolva. O universo da pesquisa foi o CAPS II de Foz do Iguaçu, tendo como sujeitos de pesquisa os profissionais que atuam neste espaço sócio ocupacional, totalizando nove sujeitos.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Europe, Eurasia))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Abenheim, Donald ; Tsypkin, Mikhail. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Poland, martial law, solidarity, strikes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69). Also available in print.

This thesis attempts to contribute to our understanding of the emergence and the growth of the Solidarity Movement in Poland in the period of August 1980-December 1981. It is argued that Solidarity can be seen as a "hybrid" movement which combined "traditional" economic and syndicalist demands and "new" concerns with democratization of political life. A number of conducive factors, such as the fluidity and homogeneity of the Polish stratification system, the existence of a young, ambitious and alienated working class, concentrated in large enterprises and the perception of the social order in dichotomous terms, contributed to the emergence of an inter-class alliance of urban segments of Polish society against the political elite, which was widely perceived as being responsible for the acute economic, political and moral crisis of the late seventies. Also, the structure of Solidarity appears to contribute to its organizational and political success. It is maintained that the massive and rapid mobilization involved the activation of pre-existing informal ties among Polish workers. In this context, we also stress the importance of the charismatic leadership of Solidarity, especially that of Lech Walesa. Finally, we partly attribute the success of our movement to the failure of the weak, hesitant and internally divided political elite to contain the Solidarity movement and to respond to the crisis facing the nation. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Gislei Lemes Marques - 2015.pdf: 2535022 bytes, checksum: 63138ac0587fd01d343ef3c493fb9629 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-10 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / This research has an objective to study the organization of work within the automobile factory. Since specific references on the subject. In order to understand the pathways realized in recent years, especially, recent studies on the Brazilian automakers. In this sense, the research divides it between theoretical research and empirical research, and, so, it directs partially understand the daily life lived by the workers of Mitsubishi of Brazil in Catalão, as well as, the negative consequences that the organization of work can cause workers involved in existing production processes within the automaker. Consequently damaging, points it up the need to highlight the disease developed in the workers, in a silently way a prolonged period of repetitive and degrading work. That still holds the Mitsubishi of Brazil in Catalão, considering that still uses the model of Taylorism / Fordist production that interconnects with aspects of Toyotism, mainly in the forms of "capture of subjectivity”. A methodological course, it is also objective of the research work with oral interviews. While this is the central source to understand the daily reality of workers from their experiences on the industry floor. Whereas, in interviews, seeks to primarily understand the worker's suffering ill at work and in many cases even have the recognition of the disease, as an occupational accident should be registered in the Social Security Institute (INSS). So that assured them certain rights, including permanence of a year on the job, guaranteed in the social security legislation. Thus, the lack of recognition, which has become common in business, takes rights workers and entrepreneurs, the obligation to take care of them throughout their treatment. Therefore, work-related diseases are closely related to the form of work organization that seeks to enhance the working operations to limit the physical conditions of workers through a "hard work" and a "flexible speech". That get to take over almost everything that the worker has to offer, through the involvement of techniques developed that get to integrate the worker in such a way that he becomes, in most cases, an advocate of the company's interests. It adds further that the research is divided into three chapters structured in theoretical and empirical research that seeks dialogue with the authors on the organization of work in the factory space and some points on productive restructuring, beyond an interdependent discussion on the influence of industrial location in the process of intensification of work operations. It also stresses up is the use of the answered questionnaires by employees of Mitsubishi of Brazil in Catalão, transformed into charts and graphs in seeking to express from the organization and intensification of work loss in the quality of life of workers. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo estudar a organização do trabalho no espaço da fábrica automobilística a partir de referências bibliográficas específicas sobre o assunto, com o intuito de compreender os percursos realizados nos últimos anos, principalmente, estudos recentes referentes às montadoras brasileiras. Nesse sentido, a pesquisa se divide entre a pesquisa teórica e a pesquisa empírica e, assim, visa compreender parcialmente o cotidiano vivido pelos trabalhadores da Mitsubishi do Brasil em Catalão, bem como as consequências negativas que a organização do trabalho pode causar aos trabalhadores envolvidos nos processos produtivos existentes dentro da montadora. Como consequência danosa, aponta-se a necessidade de destacar as doenças desenvolvidas em parte dos trabalhadores, de forma silenciosa ao longo de um período prolongado de trabalho repetitivo e degradante, que ainda se sustenta na Mitsubishi do Brasil em Catalão, haja vista que ainda se usa o modelo de produção taylorista/fordista que se interliga com aspectos do toyotismo, principalmente nas formas da “captura da subjetividade”. Num desenrolar metodológico, é objetivo também da pesquisa trabalhar com entrevistas orais, ao passo que essa é a fonte central para perceber a realidade cotidiana dos trabalhadores a partir das suas experiências no chão de fábrica, ao passo que, nas entrevistas, busca-se, principalmente, entender o sofrimento do trabalhador que adoece no trabalho e, em muitos casos, sequer tem o reconhecimento da doença como acidente de trabalho que deveria ser registrado no Instituto de Previdência Social (INSS), de forma que lhes assegurasse alguns direitos, inclusive de permanência de um ano no emprego, garantido na legislação previdenciária. Deste modo, a falta de reconhecimento, que se tem tornado comum nas empresas, retira dos trabalhadores direitos e, dos empresários, a obrigatoriedade de cuidar do mesmo ao longo do seu tratamento. Por conseguinte, as doenças relacionadas ao trabalho, estão estreitamente relacionadas com a forma de organização do trabalho que busca intensificar as operações de trabalho ao limite das condições físicas dos trabalhadores por meio de um “trabalho duro” e um “discurso flexível” que consegue apoderar-se de quase tudo que o trabalhador tem de melhor, por meio das técnicas de envolvimento criadas que consegue integrar o trabalhador de tal forma que ele se torna, na maioria dos casos, um defensor dos interesses da empresa. Acrescenta-se, ainda, que a pesquisa se divide em três capítulos estruturados em pesquisa teórica e empírica que busca dialogar com os autores sobre a organização do trabalho no espaço da fábrica e, alguns pontos, sobre a reestruturação produtiva, além de uma interdependente discussão sobre a influência da localização industrial nesse processo de intensificação das operações de trabalho. Frisa-se também o uso de questionários respondidos pelos trabalhadores da Mitsubishi do Brasil em Catalão, transformados em quadros e gráficos na busca de expressar a partir da organização e intensificação do trabalho a perda na qualidade vida dos trabalhadores.

Os padrões de ratificação de Convenções da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) e de coalisões sobre os patamares internacionais mínimos de trabalho, ao longo dos anos, podem ser explicados pela teoria de vantagem comparativa de David Ricardo, pelo modelo Heckser-Olin sobre exportações e pelo teorema de efeitos distributivos de Stolper-Samuelson. Nos últimos anos, alguns autores examinaram variáveis que poderiam potencialmente influenciar a decisão dos Estados de ratificar ou não Convenções da OIT. Sob a perspectiva da economia política internacional, variáveis tais como recursos internos e capacidade de investimentos foram usadas previamente no modelo sobre coalizões no livre comércio criado por Rogowski. Neste artigo, o nível de escolaridade é acrescentado a um modelo teórico que agrupa países de acordo com o seu respectivo fator interno de produção mais abundante, capacidade de investimentos e nível de escolaridade, orientando os respectivos apoios ou recusas em relação à adoção de padrões internacionais mínimos de trabalho. O modelo teórico foi testado por uma análise descritiva dos padrões de ratificação a partir de banco de dados criado para tal finalidade, no qual foram combinados dados oficiais e premissas originais de comparação. O banco de dados poderia ser utilizado para organizar países com base em diversos critérios e, para o objetivo do presente artigo, a conclusão alcançada foi no sentido de que os recursos produtivos internos e a capacidade de investimentos são relevantes para a formação de coalizões em relação à adoção dos patamares internacionais mínimos de trabalho, enquanto que os níveis de escolaridade são irrelevantes. / The ratification patterns at International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions and coalitions on minimum International Labor Standards throughout the years can be explained by David Ricardo\'s theory of comparative advantage, Heckser-Olin model on exports and the distributional effects of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. Over the last years, literature has examined variables that could potentially affect States\' decision to ratify or not ILO Conventions. Under the international political economy perspective, variables such as endowment and investment capability were previously used in the model on free trade coalitions, designed by Rogowski. In this article, educational attainment is added to a theoretical model that team up countries according to their most abundant internal factor of production, investment capability and educational attainment, guiding their support or disapproval of international minimum labor standards. The theoretical model was tested by a descriptive analysis of ratification patterns for which a database was built, combining official data and original premises of comparison. The database could be used to organize countries by any criterion, and for the purposes of this article the conclusion is that factor endowment and investment capacity are relevant to the formation of coalitions on minimum International Labor Standards at ILO, whereas education attainment is irrelevant.

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Ghana, like many African countries, is plagued with unemployment, poverty and annual trade deficits. Unemployment and poverty have led to a socio-economic breakdown. They are believed to be among the causes that led to the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Despite the abundance of an unemployed labor force, Ghana continues to depend on imported equipment, costing $174 million annually for its earthmoving and construction activities. In 1986, the Government of Ghana, the World Bank, the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Development Program introduced labor-based road rehabilitation program in Ghana to help create more jobs and reduce the high unemployment and poverty incidence. The program has not been patronized due to the casual labor usage and labor organizational and management problems. This research formulates the Family-Based Labor Management (FBLM) concept (also referred to as the HPWT-FBLM concept) by incorporating High Performance Work Team (HPWT), the Ghana Family System, and Roles and Responsibilities Matrix (RRM) concepts to make the program more attractive to labor and management. The FBLM concept would equip local contractors with the managerial skills to increase average monthly production from 1.33km to between 4km and 6km gaining competitive advantage over the 3.07km monthly production of the equipment-intensive contractor. Since the HPWT-FBLM concept has not been used, the related concepts HPWT and RRM concepts are used to validate the newly formulated recruitment, training, work method, communication and reward strategies. When adopted, the HPWT-FBLM concept would annually invest 10% of the $174 million for five years and yield employment increase of 23,000-34,000 the first year, growing to a total of 116,000-170,000 in five years. This concept will help reduce import deficit, conserve foreign exchange, and develop a pool of skilled workers and managers in Ghana. It has the potential of boosting the Ghanaian manufacturing industry for making hand-tools in lieu of purchasing imported equipment. The HPWT-FBLM concept can be adopted by the agriculture and building construction and other industries in Ghana that use large supplies of unskilled and semi-skilled labor. / Ph. D.

Esta pesquisa analisa o trabalho forçado no sistema de proteção dos direitos humanos a fim de verificar se existe uma harmonização entre os conceitos de trabalho forçado nas normas do Brasil e da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT). Por meio de um estudo em ordem cronológica das principais normas da OIT sobre a matéria, verifica-se que existe uma mudança de paradigma em razão da convivência entre o trabalho forçado voltado à escravidão e o novo conceito ainda em construção do trabalho decente. No Brasil, a proteção ao trabalho digno encontra amparo na Constituição Federal e na Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho. Porém, a previsão expressa está no art. 149 do Código Penal, cuja normatização é feita por fórmulas genéricas, envolvendo ambigüidades, expressões imprecisas e conceitos jurídicos indeterminados. Registre-se que existe uma zona cinzenta entre o direito do trabalho e o direito penal dificulta determinar quando se trata de uma irregularidade trabalhista ou de uma infração penal. Enquanto as normas da OIT devem ser consideradas normas de direitos humanos com interpretação extensiva, no Brasil o trabalho forçado é disciplinado por uma norma penal cuja interpretação deve ser restritiva. Ainda que exista uma interação entre as normas, busca-se a homogeneidade no conceito de trabalho forçado, problema esse que persiste no cenário mundial. / This research analyzes the forced labor and the human rights protection system in order to examine if there is an harmonization between the forced labor legal definition in International Labor Organization (ILO) and Brazil legal systems. Through a chronological study of the ILO international standards about forced labor, there is a paradigm shift about a coexistence between forced labor linked to slavery and a new concept that is still under construction of decent work. In Brazil, the work with dignity is upheld in the Federal Constitution and also the Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho. Besides, it is a crime due to it is expressed by the article 149 of the Penal Code, whose normalization is made by generics, involving ambiguities, vague terms and indeterminate legal concepts. Register there is a gray zone between the Labor Law and the Criminal Law that makes it difficult to determine when it is a labor irregularity or a criminal offense. It was concluded that there is no homogeneity about the concept of forced labor, a problem that remains on the world stage. While ILO Standards should be considered as human rights with a broad interpretation, in Brazil, forced labor is disciplined by a penal sanction, which should be interpreted narrowly. Although there is an interaction between the norms, it is important to seek for an homogeneity about the concept of forced labor, a problem that persists on the world stage.