Religion and labor: reawakening the alliance

Article Abstract:

The association between church activists and trade unionists, strong in the 1930s but abandoned since the 1960s, is being restored in the late 1990s. This renewal has been motivated partly by moral examination of the labor movement, and partly by religious concerns for social justice.

Civil rights workers, Civil rights activists, Church, Social problems, Church and social problems

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Drug testing: does it really improve labor productivity?

Article Abstract:

Mandatory drug testing in the workplace appears to have reduced productivity by as much as 20%. Reasons for this include nonrepresentative samples, imprecise estimates from small sample size, and omitted variables in the research.

Research, Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Labor productivity

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Unions and technology: manufacturing better jobs; taxpayer-funded technology centers are helping smaller manufacturing firms moderize, but unions must push to ensure workers and the community reap benefits as well

Article Abstract:

Labor unions need to work more with small manufacturing firms to help them improve and modernize using technological innovations. Means of doing this are presented.

Technology application, Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing, Technological innovations

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