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INTERNATIONAL LABOR ISSUES
Liberal Study
Lower Level
Credits: 4
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Fall 1.
Course Description:
Examine the issues facing employees, unions and employers as a consequence of operating in the context of the global economy and an economic environment characterized by competition, emphasis upon quality and the formation of new and more participatory relationships in the private and public sector workplace and beyond. Examine international comparisons of wages, education and training strategies, workplace representation and the roles of the social safety net and labor laws in economic and social development.
Important Note: this course was renamed effective the November 2011 term and was formerly offered as Labor Issues in International Perspective. Students who have successfully completed 262724 should not enroll in this course.
