Labor Studies Journal
Encyclopedia
Labor Studies Journal is a multi-disciplinary academic publication about workers and labor organizations
in the United States
as well as internationally. It was founded in 1975.
Labor Studies Journal is published by the United Association for Labor Education
and Sage Publications. Its target audience includes union, university and community-based individuals active in the social sciences
and humanities
.
Articles cover history, labor law, union organizing strategies, leadership and governance issues, globalization and international trade union cooperation, technology, education and teaching, and a number of other topics. The publication contains reviews of audio-visual materials as well as recently published books.
Labor Studies Journal is published four times a year.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as well as internationally. It was founded in 1975.
Labor Studies Journal is published by the United Association for Labor Education
United Association for Labor Education
United Association for Labor Education is an international association for post-secondary, community, union and associated labor educators based in Chicago, Illinois....
and Sage Publications. Its target audience includes union, university and community-based individuals active in the social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
and humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
.
Articles cover history, labor law, union organizing strategies, leadership and governance issues, globalization and international trade union cooperation, technology, education and teaching, and a number of other topics. The publication contains reviews of audio-visual materials as well as recently published books.
Labor Studies Journal is published four times a year.