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Reform in trade union discrimination in the construction industry: Operation Dig and its legacy.

Title
Reform in trade union discrimination in the construction industry: Operation Dig and its legacy.
Author
Dubinsky, Irwin.
Publication
New York, Praeger [1973]

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Description
xviii, 311 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
USA. Study of 'operation dig', an experimentaltraining and employment service programme for aspiring construction workers, initiated in pittsburgh in 1968 to provide new employment opportunities for low income Blacks suffering from discrimination - covers racial conflicts prior to the programme, trade union attitudes toward the programme, the organization of the training course, trainee characteristics and responses, etc., and includes an evaluation of the programme. Bibliography and statistical tables.
Series Statement
Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues. ^A1581826 ^A1581826
Uniform Title
Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues.
Subject
  • Discrimination in employment > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
  • African Americans > Employment > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
  • African American labor union members > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
  • Construction workers > Labor unions > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
  • Air > Microbiology
  • Air > Microbiology
  • African American labor union members
  • African Americans > Employment
  • Construction workers > Labor unions
  • Discrimination in employment
  • experiment
  • training
  • employment service
  • construction worker
  • employment opportunity
  • low income
  • Blacks
  • discrimination
  • racial conflict
  • trade union attitude
  • training course
  • trainee
  • evaluation
  • statistical table
  • expérience
  • formation
  • service de l'emploi
  • travailleur du bâtiment
  • possibilités d'emploi
  • faible revenu
  • Noirs
  • conflit racial
  • attitude syndicale
  • cours de formation
  • stagiaire
  • évaluation
  • tableau statistique
  • experimento
  • formación
  • servicio de empleo
  • obrero de la construcción
  • oportunidades de empleo
  • bajos ingresos
  • negros
  • discriminación
  • conflicto racial
  • actitud sindical
  • curso de formación
  • persona en formación
  • evaluación
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • bibliography.
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
  • bibliographie.
  • bibliografía.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 281-304.
ISBN
  • 0126435502
  • 9780126435504
LCCN
72012974
OCLC
  • ocm00590743
  • 590743
  • SCSB-1897060
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library