Readings in Labor Economics & Industrial Relations

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface to Second Edition v
• Preface to First Edition v
• Contents vii
• Part I - The American Working Class 1
• Introductory 3
• A Working Class 5
• Class Structure in America 12
• The Worker's View Of Job Opportunity 16
• What is the Labor Problem? 23
• Part II - Trade-Unionism 27
• Introductory 29
• Why Workers Join Unions 30
• How and Why Unions Are Organized 37
• The Logic Of Union Growth 48
• Unionization of The White Collar Worker 65
• Obstacles to Future Union Growth 75
• The Growth of American Unions 78
• Introductory 80
• Job-Conscious Unionism: The Commons-Perlman Theory 81
• From "Job-Consciousness" To Power Accumulation 85
• Ideology and the Unions 93
• Introductory 100
• Trade-Union Structure 101
• Labor's New Men of Power 103
• Bureaucracy and Democracy In Labor Unions 114
• Democracy in Labor Unions 122
• Patterns of Participation In Local Unions 132
• Union Affiliation And Membership 145
• Introductory 146
• Unions, Government, And Politics 147
• American Labor in Politics Since the New Deal 156
• Organized Labor As A Pressure Group 161
• Part III - Collective Bargaining 171
• Introductory 173
• The Nature Of Collective Bargaining 174
• The Collective Bargaining Process 178
• Types of Grievances 183
• New Patterns Of Collective Bargaining 186
• The Purposes of Union Penetration Into Managerial Functions 196
• The Scope Of Collective Bargaining 204
• A Study on the Management Prerogative Issue 208
• Introductory 221
• Multi-Employer Bargaining 222
• Economic Aspects Of Industry-Wide Bargaining 230
• The Area Of Collective Bargaining 236
• The Future Of Pattern Bargaining 240
• The Significance And Function of Mediation 244
• The Administrative Type Of Employers' Association 253
• Introductory 258
• Methods of Remuneration 260
• Wage Determination: Trick or Technique 263
• A Collective Bargaining Approach to Job Evaluation 268
• Wage Determination Under Collective Bargaining 274
• The Economics Of Annual Improvement Factor Wage Increases 286
• The Impact of Unions On General Wage Changes 289
• Trade-Union Wage Policies: Some Economic Aspects 294
• Union Wage Decisions And Employment 305
• Introductory 314
• A Possible Solution for The Issue of the Closed Shop 316
• Control of Layoffs: Policies and Problems 329
• The Seniority Problem In Mass Production Industries 338
• Make-Work Rules And Policies 340
• Technological Change -- The Policy of Control 344
• Working Rules in The Building Trades 355
• Union-Management Welfare Plans 357
• Labor's Approach To the Retirement Problem 366
• Changing Approaches To Layoff and Recall 374
• Job Modifications Under Collective Bargaining 379
• Industrial Jurisprudence: Some General Conclusions 381
• Introductory 385
• Varieties of Labor Relations 386
• The Dynamics of the Union- Management Relationship 408
• A Successful Union-Management Co-Operation Plan 415
• Introductory 427
• Collective Bargaining And Income Distribution 428
• Monopolistic Wage Determination as a Part of the General Problem of Monopoly 434
• Labor Monopoly And Business Monopoly: A Faulty Analogy 444
• Trade Union Policies And Nonmarket Values 452
• Introductory 463
• The Conspiracy Doctrine In Collective Bargaining 465
• Hitchman Coal and Coke Company V. Mitchell: The "Yellow-Dog" Contract (1907-1917) 469
• The Impact of the National Labor Relations Act (wagner Act) 482
• United States V. Hutcheson: The Protective Wings of The Norris-La Guardia Act (1940-1941) 493
• The Taft-Hartley Act: An Evaluation of Experience 500
• Emergency Disputes: Some Basic Guideposts 513
• The Limitations of Fact Finding in Industrial Disputes 517
• The Handling Of Emergency Disputes 521
• State Labor Relations Acts 528
• The Future Of Collective Bargaining 537
• Part IV - Employment Security 539
• Introductory 541
• What is Full Employment? 542
• The Social Implications Of General Unemployment 545
• Changes in the Volume of Employment in Certain Industry Groups, 1929-32, Ranked According to Level of Decline 546
• Employment Status in Buffalo, 1929 to 1933 547
• Unemployment in Manufacturing, Transportation, Building Trades, and Mining, 1897-1926 547
• Unemployment as a Per Cent of the Civilian Labor Force 548
• Introductory 549
• Adjustments to a Wage Change in the Individual Firm 550
• Unemployment Insurance 556
• Technological Unemployment 568
• The Theory of the Automatic Reabsorption of Technologically Displaced Labor 581
• Introductory 586
• How Can We Control General Unemployment? 588
• Can We Control General Unemployment Throug Wage Policy? 589
• Guaranteed Wages And Employment 594
• Governmental Policy To Full Employment 605
• The Employment Act of 1946 613
• Trade-Union Policy Under Full Employment 616
• Part V - Income And Leisure Security 629
• Introductory 631
• The Economics of Minimum Wage Legislation 632
• The Economics Of Minimum Wages 639
• The Causes of Increases In Real Wages 642
• The Pressing Problem Of Old-Age Security 645
• Economic Aspects Of Aging and Retirement 651
• Hours of Labour 658
• Appendix - Questions for Study And Discussion 665
• Index 671

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