Research Catalog

Title

Readings in labor economics and labor relations / edited by Richard L. Rowan.

Publication

Homewood, Ill. : R.D. Irwin, 1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rowan, Richard L.

Description

ix, 533 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Industrial relations > United States
• Labor unions > United States
• Labor economics
• Industrial relations
• Labor unions
• Labor Unions
• industrial relations
• trade unions
• Industrial relations
• Labor economics
• Labor unions
• Arbeitsökonomie
• Arbeitsmarktpolitik
• Labor economics > United States
• United States

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part one. An introduction to labor economics and labor relations -- The ever-renewing society : Is it possible? Does science hold the sought-for pattern? / John W. Gardner-- Industrialism and industrial man / Clark Kerr [and others] -- The employment trends : projections and implications / U.S. Department of Labor -- The jobless rate / Byron E. Calame -- Discouraged workers and changes in employment / Paul O. Flaim -- Moonlighters : their motivations and characteristics / Vera C. Perrella -- Where women work-an analysis by industry and occupation / Elizabeth Waldman and Beverly J. McEaddy -- Part two. Some aspects of the history of the American labor movement -- The development of labor organization : a theoretical framework / John T. Dunlop -- Why the American labor movement is not Socialist / Walter Galenson -- American shoemakers, 1648-1895 / John R. Commons -- The Knights of Labor and the trade unions, 1878-1886 / Gerald N. Grob -- The victory of craft unionism and the final failure of producers' cooperation / Selig Perlman -- The Industrial Workers of the World and revolutionary unionism / R.F. Hoxie -- Organized labor and the New Deal / Philip Taft -- Part three. The structure and government of unions -- Structural changes in American labor movement and industrial relations systems / John T. Dunlop -- The unions : structure, functions, and membership / U.S. Department of Labor -- Women's participation in labor organizations / Virginia A. Bergquist -- The national union : basic governmental unit / William M. Leiserson -- George Meany and the Wayward / John Hutchinson -- How trade union policy is made / Derek C. Bok and John T. Dunlop -- Unions and union leaders of their own choosing / Clark Kerr -- Communism and trade unionism : an exchange / James R. Prickett and Walter Galenson -- Part four. Collective bargaining -- Notes on the beginnings of collective bargaining / Vernon H. Jensen -- Structure of collective bargaining / John T. Dunlop -- Reflections on bargaining structure change / Herbert R. Northrup -- Bargaining structure and relative power / George H. Hildebrand -- Steel : experiment in bargaining / I.W. Abel -- Freedom to strike is in the public intrest / Thomas Kennedy -- Compulsory arbitration : some perspectives / Orme W. Phelps -- Union security in America / Daniel H. Pollitt -- Right-to-work laws : symbols or substance? / James W. Kuhn -- Grievance systems in American industry / Frank Traver de Vyver -- Contemporary issues in the grievance and arbitration process : a current evaluation / Benjamin Aaron -- The limits of collective bargaining in public employment / Harry H. Wellington and Ralph K. Winter, Jr. -- The role and consequences of strikes by public employees / John F. Burton, Jr. and Charles Krider -- Public sector strikes-legislative and court treatemnt / Jerome T. Barrett and Ira B. Lobel -- Wage determination in the public sector / Walter Fogel and David Lew / Part five. Economics and labor relations -- The significance of the labor market / Lowell E. Gallaway -- An evaluation of wage theory / Frank C. Pierson -- Flexible working hours : It's about time / Alvar O. Elbing, Herman Gadon, John R.M. Gordon -- How many days make a workweek? / Janice Neipert Hedges -- Wage stabilization : then and now / Milton Derber -- The future of American wage controls / Daniel J.B. Mitchell -- Wage stabilization in the construction industry : a historical perspective / D. Quinn Mills -- On improving the economic status of the Negro / James Tobin -- Widening horizons : prospects for Black employment / Andrew F. Brimmer -- Part six. Multinational industrial relations -- Conflict and cooperation in Europe's industrial relations / Everett M. Kassalow -- Co-determination today and tomorrow / Heinz Hartmann -- Codetermination : a hidden noose for MNCs / George S. McIsaac and Herbert Henzler -- Multinational bargaining in metals and electrical industries : approaches and prospects / Richard L. Rowan and Herbert R. Northrup -- Part seven. Public policy and labor relations -- The Taft-Hartley Act : findings and policies, rights of employees, unfair labor practices, representatives and elections and Section 14 -- Women workers : protection or equality? / Raymond Munts and David C. Rice -- Title VII, seniority discrimination, and the incumbent Negro / Staff of the Harvard Law Review -- Manpower programs : moving toward decentralization / U.S. Department of Labor -- Training avoidance : manpower waste and skill shortages / John L. Iacobelli.

ISBN

• 0256018294
• 9780256018295
• 0356018294 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

75035095

OCLC

• ocm02225903
• 2225903
• SCSB-1940834

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library