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The mob offers the young mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a 500,000 bribe to rezone land adjacent to the George Washington Bridge. Risking his life, the mayor pretends to go along with the plan but wears a wire. His efforts lead to the convictions of seven people

Public policy has always played a critical role in union growth. Historically, marked changes in union mem bership have been associated with prounion legislation. Simi larly, unions have failed to expand even under favorable eco nomic conditions—such as those during the 1920's—in the face of government hostility. However, the stagnation of union growth in the past decade is not attributable to the effects of the Taft-Hartley Act. Taft-Hartley can be seen as a minor amendment of the protection extended to organized labor by the Wagner Act. The impact of political change has been felt not so much by changes in National Labor Relations Board doctrine as in the varying administrative practices of the NLRB's independent General Counsel. The present role of the NLRB is one of substituting a legal forum for economic warfare in an atmosphere which is hostile to continued union growth. The source of this inimical climate, basically, is the existence of persistent unemployment in the recent past. Al though favorable legislation is essential to the expansion of unionism and perhaps even more so to its survival, in its present form and with its present numbers, it is insufficient by itself to lead to further growth.

Public policy has always played a critical role in union growth. Historically, marked changes in union membership have been associated with pro-union legislation. Similarly, unions have failed to expand even under favorable econ conditions - such as those during the 1920's - in the face of gov hostility. However, the stagnation of union growth in the past decade is not attributable to the effects of the Taft-Hartley Act. Taft-Hartley can be seen as a minor amendment of the protection extended to organized labor by the Wagner Act. The impact of pol'al change has been felt not so much by changes in Nat'l Labor Relations Board doctrine, as in the varying admin'ive practices of the NLRB's independent General Counsel. The present role of the NLRB is one of substituting a legal forum for econ warfare in an atmosphere which is hostile to continued union growth. The source of this inimical climate, basically, is the existence of persistent unemployment in the recent past. Though favorable legislation is essential to the expansion of unionism & perhaps even more so to its survival, in its present form & with its present numbers, it is insufficient by itself to lead to further growth. AA.

As we look toward a future of hybrid or virtual offices, a timely call to rethink the very nature and design of the workplace. Over the past one hundred years, the office has been integral to the development of modern society. It has shaped the architecture of our cities, the behavior of our organizations, and the everyday movements of millions of people. In 2020, however, the global pandemic brought our attendance in the office to an abrupt halt and triggered a complete reevaluation of the purpose of the workplace. This book offers a panoramic view of the office and explores what happens next. The authors advance a manifesto for "unworking"--unlearning old habits and rituals established for an outdated office and crafting and creating new ones fit for an age of digital technology, design innovation, and diverse workforces.--

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Routing choices of walking pedestrians in geometrically complex environments are regulated by the interplay of a multitude of factors such as local crowding, (estimated) time to destination, and (perceived) comfort. As individual choices combine, macroscopic traffic flow patterns emerge. Understanding the physical mechanisms yielding macroscopic traffic distributions in environments with complex geometries is an outstanding scientific challenge, with implications in the design and management of crowded pedestrian facilities. In this work, we analyze, by means of extensive real-life pedestrian tracking data, unidirectional flow dynamics in an asymmetric setting, as a prototype for many common complex geometries. Our environment is composed of a main walkway and a slightly longer detour. Our measurements have been collected during a dedicated high-accuracy pedestrian tracking campaign held in Eindhoven (The Netherlands). We show that the dynamics can be quantitatively modeled by introducing a collective discomfort function, and that fluctuations on the behavior of single individuals are crucial to correctly recover the global statistical behavior. Notably, the observed traffic split substantially departs from an optimal, transport-wise, partition, as the global pedestrian throughput is not maximized.

It is increasingly recognised that instead of relying on top-down commands or leaving individuals to their own devices, communities should be given a role in tackling challenges exacerbated by global crises. Written by a team of leading experts with in-depth knowledge and on-the-ground experience, this book sets out why and how people's lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement. This book critically explores examples from around the world of how communities can become more collaborative and resilient in dealing with the problems they face, and provides an invaluable guide to what a holistic policy agenda for community-based transformation should encompass