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Manuscripts from 2009

Cultural Capital: Challenges to New York State’s Competitive Advantages in the Arts and Entertainment Industry, Lois Gray, Maria Figueroa, Catherine Lanier, and Daniel Cerio

Manuscripts from 2007

Organizing for Equitable Economic Development: The Significance of Community Empowerment Organizations for Unions, Ronald Applegate

Bridging the Gap: Training Needs Assessment of the Immigrant Workforce in Onondaga County, NY, Maralyn Edid

Manuscripts from 2006

Buffalo Child Care Means Business: Executive Summary, Lou Jean Fleron, Lauren Breen, and Danielle Dimitrov

Buffalo Child Care Means Business: PowerPoint Presentation, Lou Jean Fleron, Lauren Breen, and Danielle Dimitrov

Buffalo Child Care Means Business: Full Study Report, Lou Jean Fleron, Lauren Breen, Regina L. Grogan, and Danielle Dimitrov

Labor and Regional Development in the U.S.A.: Building a High Road Infrastructure in Buffalo, New York, Ian Greer and Lou Jean Fleron

Manuscripts from 2005

Changing Administrative Practices in American Unions: A Research Note, Paul F. Clark and Lois Spier Gray

Local Nodes in Global Networks: The Geography of Knowledge Flows in Biotechnology Innovation, Meric S. Gertler and Yael M. Levitte

Two Paths to the High Road: The Dynamics of Coalition Building in Seattle and Buffalo , Ian Greer, Barbara Byrd, and Lou Jean Fleron

Labor and Urban Crisis in Buffalo, New York: Building a High Road Infrastructure , Ian Greer and Lou Jean Fleron

Manuscripts from 2004

Bonding Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Developing Communities – Survival Networks or Barriers?, Yael M. Levitte

Manuscripts from 2000

Assessing the Proposed IAM, UAW, and USW Merger: Critical Issues and Potential Outcomes, Paul F. Clark and Lois Spier Gray

Champions @ Work: Employment, Workplace Practices and Labor-Management Relations in Western New York: A Study, Lou Jean Fleron, Howard Stanger, and Eileen Patton

Manuscripts from 1998

Union Administrative Practices: A Comparative Analysis, Paul F. Clark, Kay Gilbert, Lois Spier Gray, and Norman Solomon

Manuscripts from 1996

Reflections on Progress at Work, Lou Jean Fleron and Lois Spier Gray

Introduction, Lois Spier Gray and Ronald L. Seeber

Looking Ahead, Lois Spier Gray and Ronald L. Seeber

The Industry and the Unions: An Overview, Lois Spier Gray and Ronald L. Seeber

Manuscripts from 1993

The Route to the Top: Female Union Leaders and Union Policy, Lois Spier Gray

Manuscripts from 1991

Union-Management Training Programs in the Public Sector: The New York Experience, Lois Spier Gray, Thomas B. Quimby, and Kathy Schrier

Manuscripts from 1988

Women in Union Leadership Roles, Lois Spier Gray

Manuscripts from 1981

Unions Implementing Managerial Techniques, Lois Spier Gray

Manuscripts from 1980

Apprenticeship Training: Where Does It Stand Today?, Lois Spier Gray and Alice O. Beamesderfer

Manuscripts from 1971

Of Republicans and Recessions: Why Does Big Business Vote for Them?, R.D. Corwin and Lois Spier Gray