Between 1919 and the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Kensington's American Federation of Hosiery Workers (AFHW) built a remarkable movement for social justice in Philadelphia, that played an important role in the establishment of the CIO, the New Deal, and labor-based feminism. Most historical accounts have portrayed the years following World War I through the early 1930s as a period of reversals and apathy for both the labor and women's movements. Fractured by factionalism, racial and ethnic conflict, and government repression, it would not be until the Great Depression, and within the "culture of unity" of the CIO and New Deal, that this "doldrums" would be overcome enough to spark a revived labor movement and a "labor" feminism that emerged in the late 1940s and 1950s. The roots of the social movements of the 1930s and beyond are, however, longer and much more complex. In several places, working-class men and women continued to advance throughout the period of perceived "doldrums." In fact, the 1920s and early 1930s were a period of organizing, education, and network building that laid the groundwork for the later movements. This dissertation uses the AFHW and Kensington as a lens to examine these developments. A left-wing-Socialist-led union, the hosiery workers developed a subculture of radicalism that drew on the long working-class traditions of the textile unions of the community of Kensington. Representing an industry whose very product, silk full-fashioned hosiery, epitomized the "flapper," the union developed a movement that celebrated--and subverted--the 1920s "New Woman" and the culture of the Jazz Age youth rebellion. Hosiery workers developed a romantic, rights-based movement that promoted class solidarity across differences of age, ethnicity, race, and gender. Over the course of a campaign to organize the industry and rebuild labor, the AFHW developed a heroic movement that utilized pathbreaking female-centered imagery and propelled women and the union onto the national consciousness. Their activities put them in the forefront of a movement for social democracy and led in direct ways to the CIO, the New Deal, and labor feminism. / History

Much research has been done to explain how the late 2000s housing bubble burst, but little work has been done to see how working-class people responded and are responding to the issue of foreclosure in their communities. City Resistance, a grassroots community organization, transforms working class people from passive actors going through foreclosure to militant activists seeking to stay in their homes. My two-year ethnographic study chronicles the meetings, civil disobedience, and everyday lives of an organization of 300+ members in a medium sized, declining city, in the Northeast. It seeks to understand the multiple processes by which primarily Black and Latino members of the organization are transformed into radical subjects, but also the limits of that radicalism. A central contradiction is that the organizing model must address the immediate needs of members by servicing them and thus creating a belief in the legal system and the protections it offers, while simultaneously pushing them to think about housing as a human right, to move beyond their taken for granted conceptualizations of capitalism.

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Human capital theory, the dominant approach to labor migration, assumes that workers who migrate improve their economic well-being. / Ph. D.

The effects of shiftwork can be complex and nonuniform. This study was conducted to determine the dietary patterns, behavioral/health perceptions, and nutrition knowledge of smoking and nonsmoking foodservice shiftworkers. Data were collected with the use of a questionnaire and food frequency list. Seventy- seven participants were used in the study: 41 smokers and 36 nonsmokers. These participants were employees of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University foodservice system. Each was employed on a full- time basis and was considered to be bluecollar status. The smoking foodservice shiftworkers perceived a higher number of diagnosed medical conditions than the nonsmokers. They also consumed significantly less food than the nonsmokers in five of the six food/drink groups as indicated on the food frequency list. No significant differences were determined between smokers and nonsmokers for nutrition knowledge, food type selection- (sweets, fast foods, convenience foods/beverages, and cafeteria served foods), restfulness/relaxation, overall health perception, and organizational lifestyle. The need for smoker cessation education and for information regarding nutrition and health practices was identified by this study. Further investigation into each of the various aspects of this study is warranted. / Master of Science / Bibliography: leaves 69-72.

It is well established that the frequency of claims filed for benefits under the workers' compensation program is dependent not only on the number of workers employed but is influenced by work characteristics such as the nature of work performed, the type of job, and the level of employment. This thesis hypothesized that, in addition to work characteristics, the frequency of claims filed is significantly related to worker characteristics such as age and gender. Using data on the actual number of claims filed for workers' compensation benefits by university employees, this study investigated the relationship between worker and job characteristics, and the incidence of claims for workers' compensation benefits. It is found that, for the aggregated workforce in the institution, there are significant relationships between the claims filed and the function, sedentary / non-sedentary type of employment, the job-family, and the age of the worker. However, on disaggregation, no significant relationships were found between the claims filed by employees in administrative, faculty, and research positions, and their age, gender, and the type of their jobs. Non-sedentary nature of the job was found to be related to claims filed by male workers in technical jobs, and possibly related to claims fueled by workers in the clerical category. Age of the worker was found to be significantly related to claims filed by younger workers in support activities such as maintenance, groundskeeping, and food services, and possibly related to professionals in similar activities. Gender was not found to be related to claims filed by workers in any category. / Master of Science

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Because of the increased number of large corporations offering tuition-aid programs to their employees, there is a need to collect data and study the motivation for participation and barriers to participation for this population. A questionnaire, with items identifying motivational factors and barriers to participation in tuition-aid programs, was developed and sent to a sample of employees of a major corporation who do and who do not participate in that corporation's tuition-aid program. This study found that cost and time considerations are overwhelmingly cited as the chief barriers for participants and nonparticipants. Barriers identified as significant by both participants and nonparticipants were examined through a review of literature as to possible solutions to their elimination. The chief decision-makers in the 23 operating companies of the corporation rated each of the recommendations as to their feasibility in being implemented. The decision-makers rated prepayment and paying for material costs as the two lowest possible solutions they would consider implementing in order to reduce the barriers. What emerges clearly is the point that management must take a hard look at their present policies that appear to be barriers to participation in tuition-aid programs. The researcher developed a set of final recommendations along with a rationale for each. / Ed. D.

Denna studie söker undersöka huruvida det kan ha funnits något historiskt samband mellan bostäders lokalisering och vindriktningen i förhållande till industrier. Frågan ställs också huruvida arbetarbostäders och tjänstemannabostäders historiska lokalisering kan skönjas i dagens socioekonomisk-geografiska situation. En jämförelse görs mellan arbetarbostäders och tjänstemannabostäders lokalisering i förhållande till industrierna runt sekelskiftet 1900 i tre svenska samhällen: Fagersta, Uppsala och Västerås. Industriernas och bostädernas lokalisering undersöks med hjälp av skriftliga källor och jämförs med varandra med hjälp av en kartanalys genom GIS. Bostädernas lokalisering analyseras därefter i förhållande till vindriktningen från industrierna. Vindriktningen undersöks genom historiska data från Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut. En analys görs sedan med data om medianinkomsten i samhällenas demografiska statistikområden år 2020 från Statistiska centralbyrån för att få fram huruvida det finns något mönster i vilka områden som historiskt och i dag har svagare socioekonomisk status. Studien upptäcker ett visst mönster mellan bostäders lokalisering i förhållande till vindriktningen ifrån industrierna samt en svag tendens till att 2020 års socioekonomiskt svagare områden stämmer överens med de historiska bostadsområdena.

by So Chin-hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-132). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER I --- The PROBLEM --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Review of Population Mobility Research in China --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Population Mobility --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Urbanisation and Economic Development --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Secondary Sources of Population Mobility Data --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Aims and Propositions --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5 --- Statement of Research Problems --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6 --- The Concept of Population Mobility --- p.13 / Chapter 1.7 --- Background to Rural-Urban Migration in China --- p.15 / Chapter 1.7.1 --- Rural-Urban Migration Controls --- p.15 / Chapter 1.7.2 --- Rural-Urban Migration Since 1979 --- p.18 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Theoretical Background --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Field Research Design and Sampling --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Site --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Questionnaire --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Sample --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Sampling Methods --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3 --- Fieldwork in Shunde City --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Pilot Study --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Field Research in Shunde --- p.36 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- The PEARL RIVER DELTA AND SHUNDE CITY --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Pearl River Delta --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- Shunde City --- p.47 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- The DECISION TO MOVE --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Characteristics of Migrants --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Age and Sex --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Marital Status and Number of Children --- p.54 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Education Level Attained --- p.57 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Place of Origin --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1.6 --- Dialects Used in Place of Origin --- p.60 / Chapter 4.1.7 --- Length of Residence in Shunde --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2 --- Perceived Life in Village and City --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Life in the Village --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Life in the City --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3 --- Reasons for Migration --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Stated Reasons for Leaving the Village --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Stated Reasons for Moving to Shunde --- p.70 / Chapter 4.4 --- The Decision Making --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Person Making the Decision to Move --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Decision to Move to Shunde --- p.74 / Chapter 4.5 --- Information of Opportunities --- p.75 / Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.77 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- The MIGRANTS IN THE CITY --- p.79 / Chapter 5.1 --- Adjustment to the Urban Environment --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2 --- Experiences in Shunde --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3 --- Urban-Rural Linkage --- p.90 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Urban-Rural Visits --- p.91 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Remittance --- p.95 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Permanent Residence --- p.97 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.100 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of Findings --- p.101 / Chapter 6.2 --- Policy Implications --- p.105 / Chapter 6.3 --- Suggestions for Further Research --- p.106 / APPENDIX --- p.108 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.112