Labor Shortages in the Florida Strawberry Industry by Zhengfei Guan

“…We found that labor shortages increase over the season, ranging from a shortage of 14 workers per 100 acres in September to 35 workers per 100 acres in March, the peak harvesting season.   …”
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Time Tetris: a longitudinal study on compressed schedules and workplace well-being at IKEA by Kristen du Bois, Stijn Baert, Louis Lippens, Eva Derous

“…Abstract Background Compressed schedules, where workers perform longer daily hours to enjoy additional days off, are increasingly promoted as a workplace well-being intervention. …”
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Evidence of human exposure and associated risk factors to Rift Valley fever in selected districts of Central and Western Zambia. by Chilufya C Kasongamulilo, Michelo Syakalima, Ngondo Saasa, Henson Kainga, Girja S Pandey, Andrew N Mukubesa, Innocent Mwape, Masahiro Kajihara, Ayato Takada, Martin Simuunza

“…The study revealed an overall seropositivity of 9.90%, occupationally distributed as 16.67% among slaughter house workers, 14.41% among livestock farmers, and 0% among the others (i.e., students, butchery, and farm workers). …”
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Optimizing safety performance through risk-based modeling in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector by Mgbowaji Zacchaeus, John Ugbebor, Ikechukwu Agbagwa, Ochuko Felix Orikpete

“… The Nigerian oil and gas sector is fraught with safety challenges that undermine operational integrity and worker welfare. Addressing these issues requires a nuanced risk-based intervention and modeling approach to improve safety performance. …”
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Relationship Between Work–Family Conflict and Support on Construction Professionals’ Family Satisfaction: An Integrated Model in Chile by Briguitte Neculman, Leonardo Sierra-Varela, Berta Schnettler, Noé Villegas-Flores

“…In the construction industry in Chile, workers face high levels of work–family conflict due to demanding working conditions. …”
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The triadic relationship between green HRM, innovation, and pro-environmental behaviour: a study of their interactions and impacts on employee productivity and organizational susta... by Md. Abu Issa Gazi, Abdullah Al Masud, Md. Emon, Md. Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman bin S Senathirajah

“…The study found that green HRM, innovation, and pro-environmental behavior favorably and significantly influence worker productivity. Furthermore, worker productivity directly and statistically affects social, economic, and environmental performance. …”
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The Existence and Uniqueness of Global Solutions to the Initial Value Problem for the System of Nonlinear Integropartial Differential Equations in Spatial Economics: The Dynamic Co... by Minoru Tabata, Nobuoki Eshima

“…Assume that economic activities are conducted in a bounded continuous domain where workers move toward regions that offer higher real wages and away from regions that offer below-average real wages. …”
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« On travaille à la seconde! » Rémunération à la pièce et santé et sécurité du travail dans une perspective qui tient compte de l’ethnicité et du genre by Stephanie Premji, Katherine Lippel, Karen Messing

“…We describe the workforce, made up in large part of women and immigrants, the requirements and constraints of production, workers’ strategies favouring production and those favouring health, and the management and impact of the health problems experienced by workers. …”
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Analysis of Material Handling Safety in Construction Sites and Countermeasures for Effective Enhancement by C. N. Anil Kumar, M. Sakthivel, R. K. Elangovan, M. Arularasu

“…Though safety measures are being followed and monitored continuously, accident rates are still high as either workers are unaware of hazards or the safety regulations are not being strictly followed. …”
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Clinique du travail et santé au travail : ouvertures, perspectives et limites by Jean-Yves Bonnefond, Yves Clot

“…After specifying the reason for the intervention, that is to « restore » the workers’ capacity to act, we try to show how the workers and their hierarchies can act together to reconfigure work organization so as to achieve well-done, high-quality work. …”
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The shifting regulation and competition interface by Max Huffman

“…Competitive equilibria in labour markets are unlikely to produce worker protec- tions that serve broader social goals. …”
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Beyond Precarity: Collective Practices and Political Subjectivities from Argentina’s Popular Economy by María Inés Fernández Álvarez

“…This article is based on an ongoing ethnographic research project with cooperatives of street vendors that are part of the Confederation of Workers of Popular Economy (CTEP), a recently formed union in Argentina whose objective is to represent workers of the “popular economy”. …”
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DOENÇAS SEM DOENTES: OCORRÊNCIA DE DISTÚRBIOS OSTEOMUSCULARES RELACIONADOS AO TRABALHO – DORT NOS OPERADORES DE CAIXA DE UM BANCO by Moizés Martins Junior, Maria Christine Werba Saldanha

“…The changes incurred in the financial system with the introduction of new technologies and new forms of administration of banks has caused impact on the health of workers. The Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disordes - WRMD represent a group of occupational diseases always present among these workers, notably in the bank tellers. …”
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Quando os patrões destroem máquinas: o debate em torno das forças produtivas em fábricas recuperadas argentinas e uruguaias by Henrique Tahan Novaes

“…Facing the fact that a large number of factories failed or were abandoned for their old owners at the end of the century XX and beginning of the century XXI, workers opted to recover their jobs and reestablish production. …”
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Perceptions of environmental sustainability amongst mineworkers by F. Ince

“…The perceptions of local workers or residents are important to gain specific information about areas which have a special ecosystem for agriculture and animals.…”
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Mulheres trabalhadoras em uma fábrica recuperada: mudanças e permanências na organização e gestão do trabalho by Roseli de Fátima Corteletti, Jacob Carlos Lima

“…The industrial restructuring of the 1990s in Brazil forced many workers to seek “new” work strategies to face unemployment. …”
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Après les retraites massives dans deux hôpitaux québécois : enjeux des rapports entre générations différentes de travailleurs by Solange Lefebvre

“…As regards research on health and security in the workplace, the relationships among various generations of workers require further study. One crucial point is the transmission of knowledge and skills that may affect the health of workers or, possibly, those in their care. …”
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El sindicalismo mexicano durante el gobierno de Vicente Fox (2000-2006): la democratización y sus efectos en el sistema corporativo by Roberto  Zepeda Martínez, Dainzú  López de Lara

“…The cases of the Congress of Labor (CT), the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) and the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers (SNTMM) are taken into account. …”
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Ben Fletcher et les IWW sur les quais de Philadelphie. Un modèle de syndicalisme interracial au début du 20e siècle by Peter Cole

“…In 1913, Fletcher helped create Local 8 of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), perhaps America’s most radical union. …”
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Ana Islamiyah Syamila, Reny Indrayani, Ragil Ismi Hartanti, Anita Dewi Prahastuti Sujoso

“…Such improvements have been proven to increase communal relations between workers and management, thereby increasing active worker participation in establishing a safe working culture within the workplace. …”
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