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Century of Service - Illustrated History of The National Union of Public Employees, 1889-1993 (Paperback): R.H. Fryer, Steve... Century of Service - Illustrated History of The National Union of Public Employees, 1889-1993 (Paperback)
R.H. Fryer, Steve Williams
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A New American Labor Movement - The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action (Paperback): William E.... A New American Labor Movement - The Decline of Collective Bargaining and the Rise of Direct Action (Paperback)
William E. Scheuerman
R842 R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Save R105 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Museums and Well-being (Hardcover): Rose Cull, Daniel Cull Museums and Well-being (Hardcover)
Rose Cull, Daniel Cull
R3,858 Discovery Miles 38 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book utilises the Five Ways to Well-being as a model: Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Give, Take Notice. Each of these Ways are explored through a specific museum object illustrating the important role collections can play in museum well-being. The book considers how museum well-being, and the austerity project became entwined, and how the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged growth in this field. The book explores such diverse topics as walking, slow art, social capital, Virginia Woolf, body positivity, collective joy, identity, art therapy, yoga, Squid Game, Effective Altruism, mindfulness, gift exchange, the Preston model, the limits of data, sketching, photography, inclusive spaces, and workplace well-being. The book signposts a vast array of existing information, and offers a critical engagement with current practices. Museums and Well-being is aimed initially to students of museum studies programmes, it is also an ideal book for a museum staff who needs to add a well-being component to their existing programming; or to reconsider existing programming from the perspective of well-being.

Capitalist Development and Class Capacities - Marxist Theory and Union Organization (Hardcover): Jerry Lembcke Capitalist Development and Class Capacities - Marxist Theory and Union Organization (Hardcover)
Jerry Lembcke
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This thought-provoking study argues for a restoration of the classical Marxist position linking the development process, class formation, and class capacities; in practical terms it argues for a restoration of strategies premised on a dialectical understanding of capitalism that sees the process of proletarianization as a capacity-enhancing one rather than a capacity-eroding one. Lembcke adopts Therborn's position that the fundamental power resource available to the working class is its capacity for unity through mutually supported and concerted practices, and that this capacity is rooted in the organizational structure. His work synthesizes three major areas of thought on the subject, including the work in logics of collective action (Offe and Wiesenthal), studies of class formation (Gordon, Edwards, and Reich) and class capacities (Therborn), and organizational studies done within the strategic choices framework (Cornfield).

Work and Labor Relations in the Construction Industry - An International Perspective (Paperback): Dale Belman, Janet Druker,... Work and Labor Relations in the Construction Industry - An International Perspective (Paperback)
Dale Belman, Janet Druker, Geoffrey White
R1,332 Discovery Miles 13 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The need for a skilled, motivated and effective workforce is fundamental to the creation of the built environment across the world. Known in so many places for a tendency to informal and casual working practices, for the sometimes abusive use of migrant labor, for gendered male employment and for a neglect of the essentials of health and safety, the industry, its managers and its workforce face multiple challenges. This book brings an international lens to address those challenges, looking particularly at the diverse ways in which answers have been found to manage safe and productive employment practices and effective employment relations within the framework of client demands for timely and cost-effective project completions. Whilst context, history and contractual frameworks may all militate against a careful attention to human resource issues this makes them even more deserving of attention. Work and Labor Relations in Construction aims to share understanding of best practice in the industries associated with construction and related activities, recognizing that effective work organization and good standards of employee relations will vary from one location to another. It acknowledges the real difficulties encountered by workers in parts of the developing world and the quest for improvement and awareness of some of the worst hazards and current practices. This book is both critical and analytical in approach and seeks to alert readers to the need for change. Aimed at addressing practical issues within the construction industry from a theoretical and empirical standpoint, it will be of value to those interested in the built environment, employment relations and human resource management.

Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston (Paperback): Ted Reed, John J. Yurechko Kenny Riley and Black Union Labor Power in the Port of Charleston (Paperback)
Ted Reed, John J. Yurechko
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Their ancestors may have been cargo in the slave ships that arrived in Charleston, S.C. Today, the scale has been rebalanced: black longshoremen run the port's cargo operation. They are members of the International Longshoremen's Association, a powerful labor union, and Kenny Riley is the charismatic leader of the Charleston local. Riley combines commitment to the civil rights movement with the practicality to ensure that Charleston remains a principal East Coast port. He emerged on the international stage in 2000, rallying union members worldwide to the defense of "The Charleston Five," longshoremen arrested after a confrontation with police turned violent. This is Riley's story as well as a behind-the-scenes look at organized black labor in a Deep South port.

Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor (Hardcover, Fourth Edition): Sjaak Van Der Velden Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor (Hardcover, Fourth Edition)
Sjaak Van Der Velden
R4,614 Discovery Miles 46 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the start of its existence organized labor has been the voice of workers to improve their economic, social, and political positions. Beginning with small and very often illegal groups of involved workers it grew to the million member organizations that now exist around the globe. It is studied from many different perspectives - historical, economic, sociological, and legal - but it fundamentally involves the struggle for workers' rights, human rights and social justice. In an often hostile environment, organized labor has tried to make the world a fairer place. Even though it has only ever covered a minority of employees in most countries, its effects on their political, economic, and social systems have been generally positive. Despite growing repression of organized labor in recent years, membership numbers are still growing for the benefit of all employees, including the non-members. Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor: Fourth Edition makes the history of this important feature of life easily accessible. The reader is guided through a chronology, an introductory essay, 600 entries on the subject, appendixes with statistical material, and an extensive bibliography including Internet sites. This book gives a thorough introduction into past and present for historians, economists, sociologists, journalists, activists, labor union leaders, and anyone interested in the development of this important issue.

Simplicity in Safety Investigations - A Practitioner's Guide to Applying Safety Science (Paperback): Ian Long Simplicity in Safety Investigations - A Practitioner's Guide to Applying Safety Science (Paperback)
Ian Long
R1,225 Discovery Miles 12 250 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This innovative book aims to bring the science of safety into a simple and practical approach to investigating workplace incidents. As a basis, it uses the ideas of some of the great safety science thinkers of our time. These include Sidney Dekker, Todd Conklin, Erik Hollnagel, Daniel Kahneman, James Reason and Dylan Evans, alongside others and the author's own extensive industry experience. Simplicity in Safety Investigations: A Practitioner's Guide to Applying Safety Science will better equip readers to deal with incident investigations by helping them understand the science behind investigation techniques, and by exploring coaching and leadership styles that help them ask better questions both before and after workplace incidents. The first two chapters of the book focus on our mindset as we approach and undertake investigations, and the simple things we all must do before an investigation starts. The third chapter is a step-by-step guide on how to undertake both simple and more detailed workplace incident investigations. Chapter 4 is reserved for a more detailed review and set of explanations around the science and thinking behind the method and approach. This book serves as an easy-to-follow, real-world reference for supervisors, managers and safety practitioners across many industries.

Trade Unions and Regions - Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance (Hardcover): Christian Levesque, Peter... Trade Unions and Regions - Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance (Hardcover)
Christian Levesque, Peter Fairbrother, Blandine Emilien, Maria C Gonzalez, Lucie Morissette
R4,303 Discovery Miles 43 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Trade Unions and Regions: Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance is about the place of workers and their unions in the modern world. It addresses current challenges for unions working in regions and the experiments that may take place at this level of governance. The book addresses pressing questions concerned with the conditions for better work and a humane society. The focus is on the capacities of unions to address questions relating to regional governance, in both supranational and sub-national regions. It examines workers and their unions in a variety of contexts: multinationals, industries, workplaces, and communities. The authors address the experiments that can be initiated by unions, governments, or employers and the ways in which collective organisations engage to address these matters in regional contexts. The analysis takes as a starting point the fracturing and divisions evident in various regions, in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and USA. The contributors propose novel analyses with lessons for unions. It should be of interest to union activists and leaders, political parties, governments, and those who make decisions in and about regions. Researchers and students of labour markets, political mobilisation, and employment relations will take the analyses further.

Bargaining Beyond Impasse - Joint Resolution of Public Sector Labor Disputes (Hardcover, Enhanced): Jonathan Brock Bargaining Beyond Impasse - Joint Resolution of Public Sector Labor Disputes (Hardcover, Enhanced)
Jonathan Brock
R2,793 Discovery Miles 27 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety (Paperback): Tim Marsh A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety (Paperback)
Tim Marsh
R1,513 Discovery Miles 15 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book makes the case that far too much work undertaken under the banner of 'behavioural safety' is overly person-focused. 'If you can walk on hot coals, you can do anything - so be safe' needs to be dismissed out of hand, but also more advanced techniques based on coaching and empowerment fail to reflect the fact that, as 'Just Culture' models show, the great majority of causes of unsafe behaviour are environmental. Our methodologies mustn't focus on the person with an open mind that there may be an underlying root cause; they must start from the statistically proven assumption that there is an underlying cause. This shift in mindset has a profound impact on the type of methodologies we must lead with, how they are used, how they are perceived, and last but certainly not least, their efficacy. A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety is a one-stop guide to all of the core theories and principles that underpin behaviour-based safety. All front-line behaviours that lead to incidents and injury are covered by the term behavioural safety, and getting to grips with the behaviours that might lead people to engage in unsafe or risky behaviour is crucial to prevention. In this book, internationally acclaimed behavioural safety expert Tim Marsh leads the reader through the three main strands: The awareness approach. The walk-and-talk approach. The Six Sigma safety or the Deming-inspired 'full' approach. Going through the very latest innovations in the field, the book covers the systemic approach to safety observation, measurement, intervention and analysis, but also incorporates emotional intelligence training aimed at enhancing supervisor-worker trust and communication more generally. A Definite Guide to Behavioural Safety is a perfect guide for any professional, whether you're aiming to set up an ambitious and wide-ranging behavioural safety programme from scratch or you're looking to refresh or extend an existing approach.

MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine - A Revision Aid (Hardcover, 2nd edition): John Gallagher MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine - A Revision Aid (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
John Gallagher; Edited by Ken Addley; Contributions by Blanaid Hayes, Martin Hogan, Conor MC Donnell, …
R2,393 Discovery Miles 23 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This second edition of the well-regarded Multiple Choice Questions and Revision Aid in Occupational Medicine continues as a comprehensive revision and study resource for those preparing for professional examinations in occupational health, occupational medicine and occupational health & safety. The content has been extensively revised and updated to cover relevant and current issues. There are three sections organized by question type - MCQ, MEQ, and OSPE. Each question is accompanied by the correct answer along with a brief justification explanation. The subject topics cover typical occupational health/medicine syllabuses associated with professional examinations including the use of the 'best of many' MCQ format. The book is essential reading for medical and non-medical practitioners studying for these examinations and will also be useful to those already in the multi-disciplinary field or those intending to enter it.

The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work in the Global South: Pandemic and Precarity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Sandya... The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work in the Global South: Pandemic and Precarity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Sandya Hewamanne, Smytta Yadav
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited volume highlights cascading effects of the pandemic and lockdown on informal economies of varied countries in the Global South. Uneven development after colonization, imperialism, and externally influenced conflict have caused many countries in the formally colonized or semi-occupied countries in the world to lag behind in wealth accumulation, investments in manufacturing, and technology. The fact that these countries were dragged into world market dynamics on an equal footing with already developed countries exacerbated these inequalities and saw the rapid burgeoning of informal economies. COVID-19 and the lockdown of western countries unravelled global production chains, resulting in hordes of workers in the Global South losing their livelihoods. Even people engaged in traditionally locally-bound economic activities, such as domestic work and sex work, found their livelihoods disappear. This volume brings together case studies from India, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to analyze global economic disruptions as they affected informal sector workers who were already largely invisible within state development policies. The chapters question whether existing models of neoliberal development are still conducive within the post-pandemic Global South as it grapples with rebuilding economies, livelihoods, institutions, and systems of governance.

Resolving Conflicts at Work - A Guide to Negotiation and Joint Problem-solving in the Workplace (Paperback): Steve Hodder Resolving Conflicts at Work - A Guide to Negotiation and Joint Problem-solving in the Workplace (Paperback)
Steve Hodder
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A practical 'how to' book for managers and employee representatives. The book identifies a range of skills and techniques and uses 16 short case studies to illustrate the points made based on the author's 30 year experience of employment relations. It gives a step-by-step guide to a negotiation using traditional collective bargaining. Areas covered include preparation for the negotiation, questioning techniques, dealing with aggression, how to identify and respond to 'dirty tricks' used by negotiators, how to negotiate when faced with a collective dispute, and a review of new methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). In addition, an appendix contains a simple self-assessment tool for negotiators.

Changing Safety's Paradigms (Paperback, Second Edition): Ron C McKinnon Changing Safety's Paradigms (Paperback, Second Edition)
Ron C McKinnon
R2,808 Discovery Miles 28 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fueled by more than 40 years in the safety industry and having conducted thousands of interviews with managers and workers worldwide, Ron C. McKinnon confronts the safety industry's most prevalent and dangerous myths head-on in Changing Safety's Paradigms. This book lists the most prominent safety paradigms, or myths seen all over the world and gives advice on how they can be changed for the better. Around the world, the work injury rate is increasing, and more and more people are been killed at work each year. Man-made disasters continue to occur, and all are the result of accidents, or undesired events. One of the reasons why safety is not improving is because it is surrounded by numerous myths. These paradigms hamper the progress of safety in the workplace. Only by identifying and examining these misconceptions can progress in the reduction of accidental losses be made. Numerous case studies and true to life examples in Changing Safety's Paradigms give insight into how safety myths can be changed. No other book has been written about safety's paradigms and how to change them since many others do not want to challenge the status quo or rock the boat. Changing Safety's Paradigms tackles issues in a practical manner and provides advice and guidance that can be applied immediately in the workplace. These recommendations will result in a more focused safety management system and a reduction in the number of accidents.

The Two Hundred Million Pound Strike - The 2003 British Airways Walkout (Paperback, New edition): Ed Blissett The Two Hundred Million Pound Strike - The 2003 British Airways Walkout (Paperback, New edition)
Ed Blissett
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes and analyses the 2003 British Airways (BA) Customer Service Agents' (CSA) 24-hour unofficial strike. It examines the lead up to the dispute, in which negotiations failed to reach an agreement over the launch of BA's Automatic Time Recording and Integrated Airport Resource Management systems, before focusing on the dispute itself and its eventual resolution. Central to the book is the question: why did a group of union members, the majority of whom were young women, become so incensed at an imposed change to their working practices that they took unofficial strike action? This they did in the knowledge that they could all have been legally dismissed. In analysing the strike, the book explores why BA's management imposed such a controversial change to working practices on the company's busiest weekend of the year. A decision which, allegedly, cost the company two-hundred-million pounds, tarnished its reputation, and saw numerous senior managers lose their jobs. How and why the CSAs' three trade unions (the GMB Union, the Transport and General Workers Union and Amicus) reacted in such different ways to the unofficial strike, and then behaved so differently in the subsequent negotiations, is also central to this study.

Professional Ethics for the Construction Industry (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Rebecca Mirsky, John Schaufelberger Professional Ethics for the Construction Industry (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Rebecca Mirsky, John Schaufelberger
R3,846 Discovery Miles 38 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Introduces ethical dilemmas aspiring construction professionals will face on the job-and the critical thinking skills to reason their way out of them * Completely revised and updated to reflect changes in construction technology, workforce composition, and working environments * Updated to include brand-new chapters on social media, privacy and technology, and construction during a disease outbreak or natural disaster alongside chapters on perennial issues surrounding the environment, diversity, compliance and more * Enriched with real-life case studies drawn from the authors' decades of industry experience * Ideal reading for courses in professional ethics, leadership, construction law, workforce readiness, and continuing education * Includes downloadable PowerPoints, question banks, and other resources for instructors

One Day Stronger - How One Union Local Saved a Mill and Changed an Industry--and What It Means for American Manufacturing... One Day Stronger - How One Union Local Saved a Mill and Changed an Industry--and What It Means for American Manufacturing (Hardcover)
Thomas M. Nelson
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Safety and Health for Engineers, Third Edition (Hardcover, 3rd Edition): RL Brauer Safety and Health for Engineers, Third Edition (Hardcover, 3rd Edition)
RL Brauer
R3,168 R2,572 Discovery Miles 25 720 Save R596 (19%) Out of stock

Safety and Health for Engineers, 3rd Edition, addresses the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition and control, and techniques for managing safety decisions, as well as: * Completely revises and updates all 38 chapters in the book * New edition adds more than 110 stories and cases from practice to illustrate various topics or issues * New topics on adapting to new safety concerns that arise from technology innovations; convergence of safety, health and environmental departments in many organizations; the concept of prevention through design; and emphasis on safety management systems and risk management and analysis * Includes learning exercises and computational examples based on real world situations along with in-depth references for each chapter * Includes a detailed solutions manual for academic adopters * Covers the primary topics included in certification exams for professional safety, such as CSP/ASP

Work Safety Regulation in China - The CCP's Fatality Quota System (Hardcover): Jie Gao Work Safety Regulation in China - The CCP's Fatality Quota System (Hardcover)
Jie Gao
R4,019 Discovery Miles 40 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fatality quotas implemented in China's industrial section and local governments are being used to promote work safety and therefore, reducing the number of work-related deaths. Given the controversial nature of this policy, Gao analyzes how the fatality quotas are functioning to aid the country in balancing economic growth and social stability. The book also examines significant implications caused of this policy's implementation in the local regions, and reveals how local officials attempt to handle these problems. This is the first book to systematically examine the role of death indicators in work safety improvement in contemporary China, revealing insight into Beijing's quota-oriented approach to policy-making.

Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics (Paperback): William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics (Paperback)
William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski
R2,531 Discovery Miles 25 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Completely revised and updated, taking the scientific rigor to a whole new level, the second edition of the Occupational Ergonomics Handbook is now available in two volumes. This new organization demonstrates the enormous amount of advances that have occurred in the field since the publication of the first edition. The editors have brought together researchers from a wide range of disciplines with pioneering practitioners in industry to cover a diverse list of ergonomics topics. The second edition not only provides more information but makes it more accessible. Each individual volume narrows the focus while broadening the coverage, supplying immediate access to important information. One of the most comprehensive sources for ergonomic knowledge available, providing both sound theory and practical examples, this book is a valuable resource for anyone in the field. Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics begins with descriptions of the elements of the ergonomics processes, including success factors for implementation of industrial ergonomics programs. It includes coverage of injury surveillance database systems and corporate health management for the design and evaluation of health in industrial organizations, ergonomics processes from the small and large industry perspectives, and human digital modeling, as well as facilities planning and organizational design and macro-ergonomics. Additional chapters present methods and techniques for engineering control, including tried and true strategies and pitfalls to avoid, and discuss the theory and practice of ergonomics interventions in the workplace. Using this information as a cornerstone, the book addresses the issues of medical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, systems approach to rehabilitation, wrist splints, and application of the clinical lumbar motion monitor. It provides an overview of best practices for ergonomics intervention with respect to the des

Synergistic Design of Sustainable Built Environments (Paperback): Chitrarekha Kabre Synergistic Design of Sustainable Built Environments (Paperback)
Chitrarekha Kabre
R1,561 Discovery Miles 15 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Synergistic Design of Sustainable Built Environments introduces and illustrates a novel systems approach that fosters both design excellence and a leap toward a more biocentric (ecologically sustainable) design paradigm. The book provides a deeper understanding of the theories and principles of biocentric design and offers detailed descriptions of the synergistic design process of integrating theories and principles into practice. It also presents extensive thermal and visual built environment design strategies, along with qualitative and quantitative information that designers can use to generate feasible solutions in response to varying climate and occupant comfort. Features: Examines the principles and practices of the synergistic design (a fusion of anthropocentric and biocentric) of sustainable built environments and how they relate to practical applications. Presents climatic data and its analysis along with sun-path diagrams for numerous cities to aid in the design of sustainable built environments in multiple regional contexts. Includes numerous case studies of sustainable built environments in varying climatic zones. Explains how renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro, fuel cells) can be successfully integrated in the built environment. This forward-thinking and highly illustrated book will be an invaluable reference to all those concerned with sustainable built environments and related architectural issues.

Construction in Indonesia - Looking Back and Moving Forward (Hardcover): Toong-Khuan Chan, Krishna Suryanto Pribadi Construction in Indonesia - Looking Back and Moving Forward (Hardcover)
Toong-Khuan Chan, Krishna Suryanto Pribadi
R4,728 Discovery Miles 47 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unique contribution to Construction Management and Infrastructure Development literature Highly practical guidance for policy makers looking to use construction to stimulate economic growth

Guidelines for Process Safety Fundamentals in General Plant Operations (Hardcover): Ccps Guidelines for Process Safety Fundamentals in General Plant Operations (Hardcover)
Ccps
R2,442 Discovery Miles 24 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At last, a book that covers safety procedures and standards with information that is rarely available outside of proprietary materials. A comprehensive source for basic and essential operations and procedures in use in any facility, the book offers chemical operators and first line supervisors guidance in applying appropriate practices to prevent accidents, and suggests which practices to avoid.

Homeboy Came to Orange - A Story of People's Power (Paperback): Ernest Thompson, Mindy Thompson Fullilove Homeboy Came to Orange - A Story of People's Power (Paperback)
Ernest Thompson, Mindy Thompson Fullilove; Introduction by Coleman A Young, Dominic T Moulden; Epilogue by Molly Rose Kaufman
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of a union organizer who found a second career in community organizing and helped a Jim Crow city become a better place. Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that people's coalitions can make to the struggle for equality and freedom. Thompson cut his teeth organizing one of the great industrial unions, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and brought his organizing skills and commitment to coalition building to Orange, New Jersey. He built a strong organization and skillfully led fights for school desegregation, black political representation, and strong government in a city he initially thought of as a "dirty Jim Crow town going nowhere." Thompson came to love the City of Orange and its caring citizens, seeing in its struggles a microcosm of America. This story of people's power is meant for all who struggle for human rights, economic opportunity, decent housing, effective education, and a chance for children to have a better life. Ernest Thompson (1906-1971) grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on a farm that had been given to his family at the end of the Civil War. The family was very poor and oppressed by racist practices. Thompson was determined to get away and to obtain power. He migrated to Jersey City, where he became part of the union organizing movement that built the Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). He became the first African American to hold a fulltime organizing position with his union, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). He eventually headed UE's innovative Fair Employment Practices program and fought for equal rights and pay for women and minority workers. Thompson also helped build the National Negro Labor Council, 1951-1956, and served as its director of organizing. In 1956, under the onslaught of the McCarthy era, UE was split in two, and Thompson lost his job. His wife, Margaret Thompson, brought the local school segregation to his attention. Ernie "Home" Thompson organized to desegregate the regional schools, building strong coalitions and political power for the black community that ultimately served all the people of Orange.

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