Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1945
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
An Act to Provide Federal Government Aid for the Readjustment in Civilian Life of Returning World War II Veterans
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
An Act to Provide for the General Welfare by Establishing a System of Federal Old-age Benefits
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social security
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as Amended [1942].
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Author: United States. Selective Service SystemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Congress Makes a Law
Author: Stephen Kemp BaileyPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Describes the narrative "Full Employment Bill" from its birth in January 1945 to President Truman's signing in February 1946 to illustrate the formulation of public policy in the legislature.
The GI Bill
Author: Glenn AltschulerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199720428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civil Rights Act. But perhaps none resonates in the American imagination like the G.I. Bill. In a brilliant addition to Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments in American History series, historians Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin offer a compelling and often surprising account of the G.I. Bill and its sweeping and decisive impact on American life. Formally known as the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, it was far from an obvious, straightforward piece of legislation, but resulted from tense political maneuvering and complex negotiations. As Altschuler and Blumin show, an unlikely coalition emerged to shape and pass the bill, bringing together both New Deal Democrats and conservatives who had vehemently opposed Roosevelt's social-welfare agenda. For the first time in American history returning soldiers were not only supported, but enabled to pursue success--a revolution in America's policy towards its veterans. Once enacted, the G.I. Bill had far-reaching consequences. By providing job training, unemployment compensation, housing loans, and tuition assistance, it allowed millions of Americans to fulfill long-held dreams of social mobility, reshaping the national landscape. The huge influx of veterans and federal money transformed the modern university and the surge in single home ownership vastly expanded America's suburbs. Perhaps most important, as Peter Drucker noted, the G.I. Bill "signaled the shift to the knowledge society." The authors highlight unusual or unexpected features of the law--its color blindness, the frankly sexist thinking behind it, and its consequent influence on race and gender relations. Not least important, Altschuler and Blumin illuminate its role in individual lives whose stories they weave into this thoughtful account. Written with insight and narrative verve by two leading historians, The G.I. Bill makes a major contribution to the scholarship of postwar America.
Domestic Service Employees
Author: United States. Employment Standards AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Labor and the New Deal
Author: Louis StarkPublisher:
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Category : Collective bargaining
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Unemployment Compensation Interpretation Service
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unemployment insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 2800
Book Description
Full Employment in a Free Society (Works of William H. Beveridge)
Author: William H. BeveridgePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317569784
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Beveridge defined full employment as a state where there are slightly more vacant jobs than there are available workers, or not more than 3% of the total workforce. This book discusses how this goal might be achieved, beginning with the thesis that because individual employers are not capable of creating full employment, it must be the responsibility of the state. Beveridge claimed that the upward pressure on wages, due to the increased bargaining strength of labour, would be eased by rising productivity, and kept in check by a system of wage arbitration. The cooperation of workers would be secured by the common interest in the ideal of full employment. Alternative measures for achieving full employment included Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control of the means of production. The impetus behind Beveridge's thinking was social justice and the creation of an ideal new society after the war. The book was written in the context of an economy which would have to transfer from wartime direction to peace time. It was then updated in 1960, following a decade where the average unemployment rate in Britain was in fact nearly 1.5%.