Database access for people pursuing ILR human resources certificate?
I am a human resources professional planning to undertake the Human ResourceManagement Certificate Course at Cornell. Could I get a Cornell e-library membership? I am looking for access to management/business and Human resources e-journals such as HBR, Sloan Management Review, AMJ etc. Since I the course is taught through distance learning, I need off-campus access [...]
Information on arbitration cases
Where can I find information on Arbitration Cases dealing with Union Employees and unreasonable production expectations?
Unfortunately, labor arbitration decisions are usually not available for free on the Internet. There are several commercial databases and legal publications that provide indexing and full text of labor arbitration decisions. These resources are described at http://www.llrx.com/features/adr.htm#Arbitration%20Awards, within the [...]
Can you help me find copies of 19th century labor speeches and periodicals?
I am looking for periodicals or speeches from 1820-1840 that would be what a working man would have read. Also Tristam Burges writings in the same years, and the speeches of William Heighton. I am interested in the race relationship of free blacks and white workers during those years. I was told that Catherwood library [...]
Research services from the ILR Library?
Q: I am in the process of putting together a presentation for Labor Relations Specialists in a Department of Defense agency. I need to be able to tell them what, if any, costs are associated with the research services offered and whether some of those services would extend past literature into basic federal law, etc.
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Research on employee engagement, fulfillment and mentoring?
Q: Are there any articles in the library on employee engagement/fulfillment and mentoring?
A: To research these topics, I would consult a business periodicals database, such as ABIInform (ProQuest), Business Source Premier (EBSCO), or Business & Company Resource Center (Gale). These databases provide indexing, article abstracts, and often full text of articles from magazines and journals [...]
How can I find the percentage of collective bargaining agreements that use specific terms?
I would like to know if there is a study which gives the percentage of collective bargaining agreements that use specific terms. For example, what percentage of collective bargaining agreements contain the word vacation. I know that you can search your digital database of collective bargaining agreements by word, but I am interested in a [...]
How can I find the hourly wage of a Teamster in 1963?
I am a reference librarian for the Virginia Beach Public Library in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I am trying to help a patron locate the hourly wage of a member of the Teamsters in 1963. I have checked with the Walter Reuther Library, Bureau of Labor Statistics, George Washington University, and the Historical Statistics of the [...]
How can I found out which NYS schools use merit-based pay programs?
I am doing a research project on merit-based pay programs for public school teachers in New York State. I am looking for statistics on what districts in New York State currently have merit-based pay programs and which districts do not. I have looked through databases on the Library gateway as well as websites like the [...]
Does the library contain any documentation from the Dunlop Commission?
Does the library contain any documentation from the Dunlop Commission?
Yes!After the Dunlop Commission (or, more formally, the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations), officially closed up shop in November 1994, dozens of its reports, testimony transcripts, briefs, and other key documents were placed in the Kheel Archives at the at the Catherwood Library. Over a period [...]
Can you recommend a database or search engine that would be helpful in uncovering labor-management organizations?
I’m an undergrad in ILR doing some preliminary research for an independent project. I am interested in looking more closely at joint labor-management educational institutes/organizations. I have found a few using search engines like Google and Yahoo! such as the Masonry Institute, the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association, and a few [...]
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