Research Catalog

Title

On different planes : an organizational analysis of cooperation and conflict among airline unions / David J. Walsh.

Author

Walsh, David J., 1956-

Publication

Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, ©1994.

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Details

Description

xiv, 208 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• How do unions learn to get along with each other? What factors compel them to work together and what factors tend to prevent cooperation? How do inter-union activities affect labor relations outcomes? Changed and threatening circumstances have forced those committed to the labor movement in the United States to address these questions. David Walsh sets a model for the process with his examination of unions in the airline industry, where the need for cooperation has been heightened in the era since deregulation. While the airline industry has a high rate of unionization, tradition and formal structures have hindered ties between unions.
• Guided by organizational theory, Walsh analyzes extensive data on pairs of unions, coalitions, and the airline union network as a whole. He finds a complex web of connections. Relations among unions in the airline industry, as elsewhere, are shaped by factors ranging from formal organizational affiliations and differences in crafts to resource inequalities and environmental threats. The ability of unions to improve the lives of workers, Walsh argues, may ultimately depend on the strength of ties across union organizational boundaries. And what is demonstrable for unions in the airline industry may prove true for the labor movement as a whole.

Series Statement

Cornell studies in industrial and labor relations ; no. 30

Uniform Title

Cornell studies in industrial and labor relations ; no. 30.

Subject

• Airlines > Employees > Labor unions > United States
• Strikes and lockouts > Airlines > United States
• Airlines > Employees > Labor unions
• Strikes and lockouts > Airlines
• Gewerkschaft
• Luftverkehrsgesellschaft
• Vakverenigingen
• Stakingen
• Uitsluiting
• Luchtvaartmaatschappijen
• Samenwerking
• Conflicten
• trade union
• interunion rivalry
• airline
• trade union federation
• aircraft pilot
• flight attendant
• strike
• dispute settlement
• statistical table
• syndicat
• rivalité syndicale
• compagnie de navigation aérienne
• fédération syndicale
• pilote d'avion
• personnel de bord
• grève
• règlement de conflit
• tableau statistique
• sindicato
• rivalidad sindical
• linea aérea
• federación sindical
• piloto de aviación
• camarero de avión
• huelga
• arreglo de conflicto
• cuadros estadísticos
• United States
• USA
• USA
• Etats-Unis
• Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

• bibliography.
• graph.
• bibliographie.
• graphique.
• bibliografía.
• gráfico.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Conceptualizing inter-union relations : constructing a theoretical framework -- The U.S. airline industry as a context for inter-union relations -- Inter-union relations in historical perspective -- Interdependence and the presence of inter-union ties : a quantitative analysis of union pairs -- The structure of the airline union network -- Dynamics and outcomes of inter-union relations : airline unions in coalitions -- Mobilizing the airline union network : the struggle of Eastern Airlines -- Appendix (p. 171-182) : 1. Survey of inter-union relations -- 2. Categories used in constructing interdependence measures -- 3. Explanation of analyses.

ISBN

• 0875463231
• 9780875463230
• 0875463290
• 9780875463292

LCCN

• 93048443
• ZBWT00694409

OCLC

• ocm29548318
• 29548318
• SCSB-2016708

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library