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In the historic election of 2008, Americans clearly and decisively voted for change. Organized labor, including the building and construction trades unions, did more than they had ever done before to help elect a president.

The accent with psychosocial capacity building is equally on the social as well as the psychological. There were elements of both approaches in the project described in this paper.

Between spring of 2008 and summer 2009, Cornell ILR Labor Programs faculty, staff, and students conducted a project to investigate and analyze several recent examples of women-focused union organizing campaigns. Our purpose was to contribute to the ongoing debates among labor and community activists about how to organize more effectively.

This study uses data based on audits performed by the NYS Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division during the four-year period 2002-2005. Audits were performed on firms in certain industries, and data was extrapolated statewide for these industries only, based on given employment information.

Composting project in a school, either in the classroom or on the school property, can be a terrific opportunity for students to gain direct knowledge and experience with natural processes and a method of reducing and recycling biodegradable wastes.