Josiah Rector
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 507111 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Josiah Rector |
| PRENOMES | Josiah |
| SOBRENOME | Rector |
| ASSINATURA | RECTOR J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Houston |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Displacement in Galveston After Hurricane Ike
The Precarious Work of Care
This article examines a series of Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU) campaigns for protection from needlestick injuries, led by women health-care workers, from the dawn of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s through battles over the 1992 OSHA standard on blood-borne pathogens and the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000. We argue that these campaigns developed in response to the growing physical precarity of women health-care w…
Fix the Workplace, Not the Worker
The US Supreme Court decision in UAW v. Johnson Controls , a landmark case that eliminated employer policies that excluded women from jobs with significant reproductive risks, has been the focus of considerable debate. While challenging policies that decided what risks were acceptable for women of childbearing age, critics charged that the ruling weakened labour law protections for women in the USA and lowered standards for all workers. Yet, the …
The Spirit of Black Lake
During the 1970s, activists first popularized the concept of "environmental justice" in the context of growing environmental degradation, racialized urban poverty, and working-class fears of plant closure. To address these problems, leaders in the United Auto Workers and other unions formed coalitions with civil rights and environmental groups, and advocated federal policies that would reduce both pollution and unemployment. This article argues t…
The Spirit of Black Lake
During the 1970s, activists first popularized the concept of "environmental justice" in the context of growing environmental degradation, racialized urban poverty, and working-class fears of plant closure. To address these problems, leaders in the United Auto Workers and other unions formed coalitions with civil rights and environmental groups, and advocated federal policies that would reduce both pollution and unemployment. This article argues t…
The Spirit of Black Lake
During the 1970s, activists first popularized the concept of "environmental justice" in the context of growing environmental degradation, racialized urban poverty, and working-class fears of plant closure. To address these problems, leaders in the United Auto Workers and other unions formed coalitions with civil rights and environmental groups, and advocated federal policies that would reduce both pollution and unemployment. This article argues t…
The Precarious Work of Care
This article examines a series of Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU) campaigns for protection from needlestick injuries, led by women health-care workers, from the dawn of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s through battles over the 1992 OSHA standard on blood-borne pathogens and the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000. We argue that these campaigns developed in response to the growing physical precarity of women health-care w…
Fix the Workplace, Not the Worker
The US Supreme Court decision in UAW v. Johnson Controls , a landmark case that eliminated employer policies that excluded women from jobs with significant reproductive risks, has been the focus of considerable debate. While challenging policies that decided what risks were acceptable for women of childbearing age, critics charged that the ruling weakened labour law protections for women in the USA and lowered standards for all workers. Yet, the …
Displacement in Galveston After Hurricane Ike
Political science (3 obras) · Business (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · Environmental justice (2 obras) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 obras) · Civil society (1 obras)