10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIT WORKER»
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pit worker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Beyond the Reproductive Body: The Politics of Women's Health ...
Elizabeth Davey, a seventeen-year-old pit worker in Cornwall, testified that “she
was in service before she came to the mine.Finds this employment agrees with
her better than service; but is liable to take cold.”81 Elizabeth Curnow alternated
...
Marjorie Levine-Clark, 2004
2
Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan
Many believed the miner's live-for-the-moment attitude toward work and money
was as unalterable as the pit worker's supposedly constant need for liquor.34 (
See fig. 13.) As a testimony to the miners' reputation for fast but not particularly ...
Michael Lewis, Michael Lawrence Lewis, 1990
3
Worker Leadership: America's Secret Weapon in the Battle for ...
Incentives based on individual performance pit worker against worker and
thereby discourage cooperation within teams. Second, the plan didn't have an
annual bonus or an end-of-year profitsharing scheme with untraceable
connections to ...
4
Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia
When the pit had been sunk to a depth at which gases became dangerous,
workers (sometimes female) aboveground would turn a ventilator that was
supposed to circulate fresh air into the shaft. This continued until the pit worker
reached a ...
The recognized king of the pocket- picking art is the "pit worker." He's the fellow—
with the aid of a stall, to be sure— who can reach into that inside jacket pocket
and withdraw your wallet without detection. Let's say you're corning out of an ...
6
The Bully-Free Workplace: Stop Jerks, Weasels, and Snakes ...
It's very easy to pit worker against worker in tough, lean times. From our
consulting practice, we've found some of the highest bullying rates in education.
Why is this? Schools and universities are not sales organizations; they do not
have sales ...
Gary Namie, Ruth F. Namie, 2011
7
Politics and Politicians in American Film
The ranch, we learn, is run by the growers, who pit worker against worker in an
effort to keep wages down and the labor force passive. Once again the
economically powerful appear as men in convertibles smoking cigars and, as
was the case ...
8
Can Unions Survive?: The Rejuvenation of the American Labor ...
It [will pit] worker against worker."198 This pessimistic perspective has not been
borne out in actuality. For example, the plywood cooperative personnel have not
found such worker transformations to be a problem. In those rare instances when
...
9
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: 4 Volume Set
For example, he documented women brewery workers wearing trousers and
photographed a woman pit worker wearing trousers in the 1870s. Munby
described one such pit worker as ''a woman in flannel trousers, waistcoat (with
livery ...
10
Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution
Its entire history is proof that it has served no other purpose than to pit worker
against worker to their own destruction, (www.ilwu.org) These fine words are
certainly to be applauded, but, as might be expected, the ILWU has not always
lived up ...
Edna Bonacich, Jake B. Wilson, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIT WORKER»
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pit worker is used in the context of the following news items.
Freaky deaths: 19 bizarre ways that people have kicked the bucket
An inquest heard the former pit worker from Doncaster, South Yorks, had gone out hunting alone with just his dog and his judgement may have ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
Doncaster dad suffocated to death after getting trapped in rabbit hole
The court heard Mr Whinfrey, who was unemployed at the time of his death but had previously been a pit worker for several years, suffered from ... «The Star, Jun 15»
Tribute planned to 128 tragic miners at new Gedling Country Park
Former pit worker and chairman of the Gedling Miners' Memorial Graham Tavner said: "If we get this memorial garden it will be the icing on the ... «Nottingham Post, Jun 15»
Bygones: Tracing the massive rise in footballers' wages from £100-a …
A pit worker was poorly paid for his hazardous labour and a lot of money was lost because of industrial disputes resulting in frequent strikes ... «Derby Telegraph, Jun 15»
Missing pensioner found safe and well
Derek, who has three children and six-grandchildren, was a former pit worker, who also owned his own security company. His disappearance ... «Wigan Today, Apr 15»
Pit crew safety concerns never stop in NASCAR, IndyCar
... control over when crew members leave the pit wall to begin work on their cars, in theory decreasing the chances of a pit worker being struck. «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
Francesco Dracone collides with pit worker Todd Phillips in IndyCar
The inaugural IndyCar Grand Prix of Louisana was marred by bad weather and a potentially serious accident in pit lane. «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
An odyssey from a Yorkshire pit to the hell of Gallipoli
As well as being a pit worker he was also a member of the St John Ambulance Brigade and had some nursing and first aid experience. «Yorkshire Post, Apr 15»
Gambler swindled elderly disabled ex-miner out of his £137000 life …
Former pit worker Albert Edward Cooper, 77, known to his friends as Ted, had been befriended by bed salesman Paul Cooper, who was no ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»
Miners strike - three decades on
Councillor Billy Crawford was a pit worker for over 25 years and worked at Killoch Colliery near Ochiltree during the strike years. He was ... «Cumnock Chronicle, Mar 15»
