e-mail: nissenb@fiu.edu
Dr. Bruce Nissen is the Director of Research at the Florida International University Center for Labor Research and Studies. He is also the Director of the Center’s research arm, the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP). Dr. Nissen has published eight academic books as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals and books edited by others. He also produces research reports on a variety of labor-related topics. Dr. Nissen is widely quoted in regional and national media regarding labor topics, and he has served on boards and commissions of both community organizations and government agencies. His The State of Working Florida 2006 is published every Labor Day. He has also produced numerous other research reports on topics such as living wage legislation, low-income workers, immigrant construction laborers and safety conditions, condominium workers, and more (many are available on the worldwide web at http://www.risep-fiu.org).
Dr. Nissen is also a labor educator who has taught college credit Labor Studies classes and non-credit labor education classes since 1981. He specializes in topics relating to labor-community coalition building, organizational power-building for worker organizations, and unions and immigrant workers.
Dr. Nissen also utilizes his academic expertise in a wide variety of community and civic engagements. He serves as an advisor to numerous community and labor-related organizations, and also has served on governmental boards concerning labor topics.
PUBLICATIONS
“Sindicatos de Trabajadores y Cuidadanos in Estados Unidos: Reflexiones Teóricas y un Estudio de Caso” (translated from English). In Arnulfo Arteaga Garcia, ed., Trabajo and Ciudadania: Un Reflexion Necesaria Para la Sociedad del S XXI. Universidad Autonomia de Mexico. Forthcoming, 2009.
-- with Sherman Henry. “The Legacy of Racism: a Case Study of Continuing Racial Impediments to Union Effectiveness.” Forthcoming in the Dec. 2008 issue of Labor Studies Journal.
-with Karen Lieberman. Ethics in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, 2nd edition. Lansing, MI: Educational Institute, 2008, 260 pp.
-- with Emily Eisenhauer and Marcos Feldman. The State of Working Florida 2008. September 2008. 43 pp. Research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida and its 20 metropolitan areas. At: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/STATE_OF_WORKING_FLORIDA_2008.pdf .
-- with Charles Whalen and Immanuel Ness. “Let a Thousand Journals Bloom: the Precarious Landscape of Labor and Employment Publishing.” In Charles Whalen, ed., New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as an Academic Enterprise. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008.
-- with Emily Eisenhauer, Marcos Feldman, and Yue Zhang. The Growing Divide: Income Inequality and its Effects on Florida’s Families. April 2008. 32 pp. Research report on inequality and inequality trends in Florida (wages, housing, healthcare, etc.) and potential public policies to address the issue.
-- with Alejandro Angee and Marc Weinstein. “Immigrant Construction Workers and Health and Safety: the South Florida Experience.” Labor Studies Journal, Volume 33, No. 1 (March 2008), pp. 48-62.
Workforce Training and the Marlins Stadium: Advantages or disadvantages of using registered apprentices in construction of a Marlins stadium. November 2007. 25 pp. Analysis of gains or losses to Miami-Dade County if it uses apprentices from government-registered apprenticeship programs in a proposed Marlins stadium project.
--with Yue Zhang. Who Gets the Jobs? Economic Impacts of Local vs. Non-local Hiring in a proposed Marlins stadium on the Orange Bowl Site. November 2007. 12 pp. Cost-benefit analysis of alternative staffing of construction jobs paid for with public funds in a Florida Marlins stadium project.
--with Emily Eisenhauer. The State of Working Florida 2007. September 2007. 46 pp. Research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida and its 20 metropolitan areas. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/STATE_OF_WORKING_FLORIDA_2007.pdf .
--with Marcos Feldman. Subsidized Economic Development in Miami-Dade County. July 2007. 28 pp. Research report on the tax abatement and business subsidies programs used by the county to induce local economic development. Includes recommendations for reform.
Immigrant Construction Workers and Safety and Health in South Florida. June 2007. 100 pp. Research report on safety conditions of South Florida immigrant construction workers and the factors associated with safer or less safe conditions.
“State Minimum Wage Increases and Job Loss: The Florida Experience,” Perspectives on Work, Volume 11, No. 1 (Summer 2007), pp. 20-22.
“Labor from the 1980s through the New Millenium,” entry in Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working Class History (edited by Eric Arnesen). New York: Routledge, 2007.
--with Monica Russo. “Strategies for Labor Revitalization: The Case of Miami,” pp. 147-162 in Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds: Local Solidarity in a Global Economy (edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007.
“The Impact of Globalization on Workforce Development and Composition in Florida: Debates, Impacts, and Potential Policy Responses,” pp. 42-61 in Globalization and Labour Laws (edited by Nandini C P). Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press, 2007.
“Labor since the 1960s,” entry in The American Midwest: an Interpretive Encyclopedia (edited by Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, and Andrew Cayton). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006.
--with Yue Zhang. The State of Working Florida 2006. September 2006. 50 pp. Research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida and its 20 metropolitan areas. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/STATE_OF_WORKING_FLORIDA_2006.pdf .
Training for the Workforce of the Future: Advantages or disadvantages of using registered apprentices in two county GOB projects. August 2006. 25 pp. Research report on what Miami-Dade County would gain or lose if it required or encouraged use of registered apprentices in two projects funded by the county General Obligations Bond. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Training_for_the_Workforce_of_the_Future.pdf .
--with Yue Zhang. Hiring Our Own? The impact of local vs. non-local hiring practices in two county GOB projects. August 2006. 27 pp. Research report on the economic impact on Miami-Dade County of employing a “local hiring policy” in two projects funded by the county General Obligations Bond. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Hiring_Our_Own.pdf .
--with Emily Eisenhauer and Yue Zhang. Healthcare Coverage and Employment Status in Florida: a Report. June 2006. 43 pp. Research report on the uninsured in Florida, with detailed industry (and some local area) breakdowns of statistics. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Florida_Healthcare_report_RISEP.pdf .
-- with H. Luke Shaefer. The Florida Minimum Wage after One Year. May, 2006. 11 pp. Research report on the impact of the minimum wage one year after it was enacted in the state of Florida. On the website at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Florida_Minimum_Wage_Report.pdf .
“Critical Analysis of the Report, Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1 (written by the Center for Reflection, Education and Analysis).” May 2006. 8 pp. Critique of report purporting to show that Florida tomato pickers are making fantastic wages. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Critical_Analysis_of_Immokalee_Workers_Study.pdf.
-with Monica Russo. “Building a Movement: Revitalizing Labor in Miami,” Working USA, Vol. 9, No. 1 (March 2006), pp. 123-139.
-with Marcos Feldman. Workforce Housing and Miami’s Affordable Housing Needs: Issues and Policy Options. February, 2006. 22 pp. Research report on the workforce of the county and housing costs in different neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County. The report critiques a “workforce housing” ordinance being considered by the Miami-Dade County Commission. Miami, FL: Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Workforce_Housing_Policy_Paper.pdf .
-with Jen Wolfe Borum. A Difference that Matters: the Impact of the Miami-Dade Living Wage Ordinance on Employees Covered by the Ordinance. February 15, 2006. 40 pp. Research report on changes in the housing, transportation, education, debt reduction, and other conditions of workers who gained income as a result of the living wage ordinance. Miami, FL: Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/A_Difference_that_Matters.pdf .
“Trouble in Paradise: Organizing Condominium Workers in the Sunshine State,” New Labor Forum, Vol.14, No. 3 (2005), pp. 34-43.
“The Impact of Globalization on Workforce Development and Composition in Florida: Debates, Impacts, and Potential Policy Responses,” pp. 70-90 in Florida’s Global Frontiers: Impacts of Trade Liberalization (edited by M. Mark Amen). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida Globalization Research Center, 2005.
The State of Working Florida 2005. A research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida and its 20 metropolitan areas. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, September 2005, 42 pp. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/STATE_OF_WORKING_FLORIDA_2005.pdf .
-with Karen Lieberman. Ethics in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. Lansing, MI: Educational Institute, 2005, 152 pp.
“Upsurge and Fusion? Thoughts on Dan Clawson’s The Next Upsurge,” Critical Sociology, Vol. 31, No. 3 (2005), pp. 423-431.
Healthcare Needs of AFSCME Local 1184: Survey Results. May 2005. 30 pp. Research report on survey of AFSCME Local 1184 members’ attitudes about healthcare options. Miami, FL: Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy.
-with Jen Wolfe Borum. Working Poverty: Low Wage Workers in Florida. May 2, 2005. 28 pp. Research Report on Florida’s low wage workers, poverty, housing affordability, healthcare and pension coverage, and the minimum wage. Miami, FL: Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP). On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/WorkingPovertyLowWageWorkersInFlorida.pdf .
“The Impact of Globalization on Workforce Development and Composition in Florida: Debates, Impacts, and Potential Policy Reponses.” September 2004. 25 pp. Paper delivered at Conference on Globalization, University of South Florida, Sept. 23-34, 2004. On the web at: http://www.cas.usf.edu/GlobalResearch/PDFs/Nissen_workforce.pdf .
FIU Priorities in the ’97-’98 to ’02-’03 Period: A Budget and Personnel Analysis. September 2004. 11 pp. Research Report on FIU budgetary changes. Miami, FL: Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP). On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/FIUpriorities.pdf .
The State of Working Florida 2004. A research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida.. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, September 2004, 33 pp. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/STATE%20OF%20WORKING%20FLORIDA.pdf .
The Impact of a Living Wage Ordinance on the City of Coral Gables. A research report. August 2004. 16 pp. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/CoralGablesLivingWage.pdf .
Employment Practices and Working conditions in the Building Services Industry in Miami-Dade County, Florida. A research report. June 2004. 73 pp. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/CondoWorkerReport.pdf .
-with Theodore Carrasco. The Impact of a Living Wage Ordinance on the City of Miami. A research report. June 2004. 27 pp. Funded by the Dade Community Foundation. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/MiamiLivingWage.pdf .
Labor-Community Coalition Strengths and Weaknesses: Case Study Evidence,” pp. 46-63 in Partnering for Change: Unions and Community Groups Build Coalitions for Economic Justice (edited by David Reynolds). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2004.
Construction Safety Practices and Immigrant Workers. A pilot study research report. April 2004. 107 pp. Funded by the Center to Protect Workers’ Rights. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/Immigrant%20Construction%20Workers%20Safety.pdf.
“The Effectiveness and Limits of Labor-Community Coalitions: Evidence from South Florida”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring 2004), pp. 67-89.
“The Miami Living Wage Ordinance: Primary and Secondary Effects”, Pp. 157-170 in Living Wage Movements: Global Perspectives (edited by Deborah Figart). New York: Routledge Press, 2004.
Is Florida’s Economy Underperforming?, a policy brief on the state of Florida’s job performance in the recent past. Tallahassee, FL: Civic Concern, Inc., March 2004, 10 pp. Available on the web at: http://www.civicconcern.org/content/Nissen_March_Policy_Brief.pdf .
“The Importance of a Living Wage to Miami’s Business Community”, pp. 90-92 in Building Community Prosperity in Miami-Dade County (edited by David Chandler). Miami: University of Miami Business School Ethics Program, 2004.
- with Mary Beth Maxwell, Some of Them are Brave: the Unfulfilled Promise of American Labor Law, a research report on south Florida nursing home workers’ attempts to form unions. Washington, D.C.: American Rights at Work, 2003, 16 pp. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/ARAWBravefinal1.pdf .
“Free trade must be fair to labor”, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, November 28, 2003; p. 19A. (Op-ed piece)
Labor Report on the State of Florida - 2003, a research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida.. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, September 2003, 41 pp.
- with Barbara Byrd, Report on the State of Labor Education in the United States, a research report for the Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California. Berkeley; CA: University of California CLRE; June 30, 2003; 165 pp.
“What Are Scholars Telling the U.S. Labor Movement to Do?”, Labor History, Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2003), pp. 157-165.
“The Recent Past and Near Future of Private Sector Unionism in the U.S.: An Appraisal”, Journal of Labor Research, Vol. XXIV, No. 2 (Spring 2003), pp. 323-338.
“Alternative Strategic Directions for the U.S. Labor Movement: Recent Scholarship”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 133-155.
“Discussion” (of four refereed papers on Labor Studies/Labor Unions, Collective Bargaining, Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment Law), Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association (meeting of January 4-6, 2002, in Atlanta). Champaign, IL: Industrial Relations Research Association, pp. 230-232.
“Discussion” (of four papers on Union and Management Cooperation and Approaches to Multi-Employer Plans), Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association (meeting of January 4-6, 2002, in Atlanta). Champaign, IL: Industrial Relations Research Association, pp. 124-126.
Labor Report on the State of Florida - 2002, a research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida.. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, September 2002, 47 pp.
“The Labor Movement in a New Globalized Environment: An Introduction”, pp. 3-13 in Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social Roles (edited by Bruce Nissen). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002.
– with Guillermo Grenier, “Unions and Immigrants in South Florida: a Comparison”, pp. 130-160 in Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social Roles (edited by Bruce Nissen). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002.
“Concluding Thoughts: Internal Transformation?”, pp. 264-273 in Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social Roles (edited by Bruce Nissen). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002.
Editor, Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social Roles. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002, 293 pp.
“The Role of Labor Education in Transforming a Union Toward Organizing Immigrants: A Case Study”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 109-127.
-with Guillermo Grenier, “Union Responses to Mass Immigration: the Case of Miami, USA”, pp. 263-288 in Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms (edited by Peter Waterman and Jane Wills). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 2001.
“The ‘Social Movement’ Dynamics of Living Wage Campaigns”, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association (meeting of January 5-7, 2001, in New Orleans). Champaign, IL: Industrial Relations Research Association, pp. 232-245.
Labor Report on the State of Florida - 2001, a research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, etc., in Florida. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, September 2001, 45 pp.
–with Brian W. Underhill, Living Wage: Impact on the City of Jacksonville, a 22 page research report detailing projected costs and benefits if the city of Jacksonville, FL were to pass a living wage ordinance. Jacksonville, FL, Summer 2001.
–with Guillermo Grenier, “Union Responses to Mass Immigration: The Case of Miami, USA”, Antipode, Vol. 33, No. 3 (July 2001), pp. 567-592.
–with Guillermo Grenier, “Local Union Relations with Immigrants: The Case of South Florida”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2001), pp. 76-97.
“Building a ‘Minority Union: The CWA Experience at NCR”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, (Winter 2001), pp. 34-55.
Editor, special issue on the Labor Movement in a Globalized Environment, with an introduction. Critical Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 1 / 2 (2000), 181 pp.
–with Guillermo Grenier, “Comparative Union Responses to Mass Immigration: Evidence from an Immigrant City”, Critical Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 1 / 2 (2000), pp. 82-105.
“Living Wage Campaigns from a ‘Social Movement’ Perspective: the Miami Experience”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2000), pp. 29-50.
Labor Report on the State of Florida - 2000, a research report on the trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in the state of Florida.. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, August 2000, 37 pp.
“The Remarkable Rehabilitation of Company Unionism in Recent Industrial Relations Literature”, Critical Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1999), pp. 59-79.
-- with Peter Cattan, Labor Report on the State of Florida - 1999, a 28 page research report on trends in employment, unemployment, wages, and other indices of worker welfare in Florida.. Miami: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University. August 1999.
“Alliances Across the Border: U.S. Labor in the Era of Globalization”, Working USA, Vol. 3, No. 1 (May-June 1999), pp. 43-55.
--with Seth Rosen, “The CWA Model of Membership Based Organizing”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 1999) pp. 73-88.
"Cross-Border Alliances in the Era of Globalization", pp. 239-253 in The Reformation of the American Labor Movement: Voices, Visions and Strategies for Survival (edited by Michael S. Cummings and Ray M. Tillman). Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner Publishers, 1999.
-- with Seth Rosen, “Community Based Organizing: Transforming Union Organizing Programs from the Bottom Up”, pp. 59-73 in Which Direction for Organized Labor? -- Essays on Organizing, Outreach, and Internal Transformation (edited by Bruce Nissen). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999.
Editor, Which Direction for Organized Labor? -- Essays on Organizing, Outreach, and Internal Transformations. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999, 260 pp.
“Fighting the Union in a ‘Union Friendly’ Company: the AT&T/NCR Case”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Fall 1998), pp. 3-33.
(with the assistance of Peter Cattan) The Impact of a “Living Wage” Ordinance on Miami-Dade County, a research report on the economic impact of passage of a living wage ordinance in the greater Miami area. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, October 22, 1998, 62 pp.
The Impact of a Living Wage on Miami Dade County. A research report on the projected effects and costs of a proposed living wage ordinance on Miami-Dade County. Miami, FL: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, August 1998. On the web at: http://www.risep-fiu.org/reports/MiamiDadeLivingWage.pdf .
"Utilizing the Membership to Organize the Unorganized", pp. 135-149 in Organizing to Win (edited by Kate Bronfenbrenner, Sheldon Friedman, Richard Hurd, Rudolph Oswald, and Ronald Seeber). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University ILR Press, 1998.
"Unions and Workplace Reorganization", pp. 9-33 in Unions and Workplace Reorganization (edited by Bruce Nissen). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997.
Editor, Unions and Workplace Reorganization. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997, 240 pp.
"Combating Plant Closings in the Era of Transnational Corporations", pp. 131-147 in Unions and Public Policy: The New Economy, Law and Democratic Politics (edited by Lawrence Flood). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Fighting for Jobs: Case Studies of Labor-Community Coalitions Confronting Plant Closings. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995, 236 pp.
‑‑with Peter Seybold, "Labor and Monopoly Capital in the Labor Education Context", Monthly Review, Vol. 46, No. 6 (November 1994), pp. 36‑44.
"Shutdown of a Steel Foundry", pp. 138-164 in Grand Designs: the Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions and Communities (edited by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press (Cornell University), 1993.
-- with Charles Craypo, “Introduction”, pp. 3-17 in Grand Designs: the Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions and Communities (edited by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press (Cornell University), 1993.
"Successful Labor‑Community Coalition Building", pp. 209-223 in Grand Designs: the Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions and Communities (edited by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press (Cornell University), 1993.
-- with Charles Craypo, “The Impact of Corporate Strategies”, pp. 224-250 in Grand Designs: the Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions and Communities (edited by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen). Ithaca, NY: ILR Press (Cornell University), 1993.
-- with Charles Craypo, eds., Grand Designs: the Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions and Communities. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press (Cornell University), 1993 285 pp.
‑‑with Lynn Feekin, "For the Public Good: Calumet Project Organizes for Jobs and Economic Development", Labor Research Review #19 (Fall 1992), pp. 21‑37.
‑‑with Lynn Feekin, "Early Warning Against Plant Closings: Issues and Prospects", Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Winter 1991), pp. 20‑33.
"Union Struggles Against Plant Closings: Case Study Evidence and Policy Recommendations", Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Winter, 1989‑90), pp. 382‑395. (Special issue on organized labor)
"A Post‑World War II Social Accord?", pp. 173-207 in U.S. Labor Relations 1945-1989: Accommodation and Conflict (ed. by Bruce Nissen). New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990.
Editor, U.S. Labor Relations 1945-1989: Accommodation and Conflict. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990, 284 pp.
"Enterprise Zones as an Economic Development Tool: The Indiana Experience", Regional Science Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Winter 1989), pp. 3‑20.
The Indiana Tax System: Who Benefits?, a 74 page monograph on Indiana's tax policies, taxation system and economic development in the state. Published by the Indiana University Institute for the Study of Labor in Society, September 1988.
‑‑with Thomas DuBois, "Changing Industrial Relations in Steel: Implications for Labor Education", Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1987), pp. 38‑50.
‑‑with Simeon Larson, eds., with introductions. Theories of the Labor Movement. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987, 395 pp.
‑‑with Charles Ellinger, "A Case Study of a Failed QWL Program: Implications for Labor Education", Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Winter 1987), pp. 195‑219.
‑‑with Charles Ellinger, "UCLEA Steward Training Programs: A Report and Evaluation", Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1984), pp. 19‑45.
"The Role of 'Enterprise Zones' in Reindustrialization", in Donald Kennedy, ed., Labor and Reindustrialization. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Department of Labor Studies, 1984, pp. 121‑135.
"Labor's Stake in Urban Development Policy: The Case of Enterprise Zones", Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 1983), pp. 5‑17.
"U.S. Workers and the U.S. Labor Movement", Monthly Review, May 1981, pp. 17‑30. Winner of the $500 first prize in the Michael Magdoff Memorial Essay Contest.)
