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