The State of California Labor

Los Angeles: Institute of Industrial Relations, 2001. First edition (unstated). Light blue octavo, viii, 396 pages, b&w illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, light crease to two corners, faint soiling and fading to covers, ink gift inscription and date to front free endpaper, sunning to spine, bright pages, tight binding, else Very Good(-). . Paperback. ISBN: 0892151897

Labor -- California. Contents: The state of California labor / James R. Lincoln and Paul Ong -- A forecast for the California labor market / Daniel J.B. Mitchell -- Trends in earnings inequity / Paul Ong and Michela Zonta -- Immigrant labor in California / Abel Valenzuela and Paul Ong -- Informal employment in California / Enrico Marcelli -- Labor relations in California agriculture / Philip Martin -- A small raise for the bottom / Michael Reich and Peter Hall -- High-tech industries in California: panacea or problem? / Stephen Raphael, Claire Brown and Ben Campbell -- Training and work-organization practices of California's private employers / Christopher L. Erickson and Sanford M. Jacoby -- Performance and web-based learning / Archie Kleingartner and Rong Jiang -- How safe are California's workers and what needs to change? / Marianne Brown -- Welfare reform and the labor market outcomes of women / David Card -- Welfare reform and the California labor market / Evelyn Blumenberg -- Welfare to work and the entry-level labor market / Paul Ong and Shannon McConville -- Union organizing in California: challenges and opportunities / Carol Zabin with Katie Quan and Linda Delp -- Organizing the unorganizable / Edna Bonacich and Fernando Gapasin -- Labor and community collaboration / Marcos Vargas.