RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Toward Potential Articles /or Videos
JOHN L. REVITTE, MSU, 2007-08
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HISTORY
Michigan’s State Senate Investigation of Michigan State University’s Labor and Industrial Relations (LIR) Center and its Labor Education Program for Creating a Film, A State Labor Body, “To Foster Class War Between the Business Community and Labor:” a study of the 1961 LIR Center – Michigan government interaction some termed a “witch hunt,” and a brief review of the subsequent evolution of M.S.U.’s Center into and as a School of LIR, 1953-2003.
The Other Autoworkers Union, the UAW, and Auto Parts Suppliers: a study of the North American auto supply and parts’ industry, workers, and unions, focused on the UAW-CIO (and the UAW, AFL-CIO, Independent Parts and Suppliers [IPS] department) and the UAW-AFL, aka the Allied Industrial Workers Union, AFL-CIO, 1935-2005.
The Rises and Falls of Michigan's Bureau and Departments of Labor (MDOL), from 1883 to 2008: the story of 125 years of Michigan’s “department of labor,” including a review of the institutional evolution of Michigan's bureau of labor and industrial statistics into the Michigan department of labor, consumer and industry services, and labor and economic growth, and a brief review of six key MDOL public policy concerns as they were addressed from 1883 through 2008.
A Century of Labor's Involvement in Political Parties in the Territory and State of Michigan from 1818 through 2018: a brief overview of two centuries of Michigan’s “labor and laboring class” and their trade and labor unions' involvement with political parties in Michigan from 1818 through 2018, including comments regarding common (mis)conceptions and past and future trends.
LABOR - MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
The Impact of Graduate Student Employee Unions at Big Ten/CIC and Great Lakes’ Tier 1 Research Universities: a review of university graduate student and teaching assistant unions’ collective bargaining contract clauses related to traditional employment as well as academic concerns, and a brief review of universities’ academic and HR concerns regarding TA and grad student unions’ impact on university HR and employment relations.
Faculty Grievance Procedures Without Unions: an analysis of Michigan State University and other non-union U.S. university and college faculty and academic staff grievance procedures, reviewing histories and indicators of efficacy including potential contributions and limitations.
COMPARATIVE LABOUR RELATIONS
A Comparative Review of Historic and Contemporary Employment Relations Practices in Several Industries in the Great Lakes and Quebec Region Borderlands: a brief history and review of current practices and trends focused primarily on Michigan, New York, Ontario and Quebec and their automotive assembly and supplier and sports and entertainment industries.
Making Labor History and Employment Relations More Accessible: a comparative review of efforts to make labor history more accessible to union members, students and citizens through school, public monument, and museum exhibit presentations in Michigan, Canada, and Europe.
A Brief Comparative History of “Labour (and May) Day” celebrations, rallies and demonstrations in Michigan, Canada, Europe and across the globe.
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