Industrial and Labor Relations Review articles from July 1989

Industrial and Labor Relations Review archives from July 1989

Taking on General Motors: a Case Study of the Campaign to Keep GM Van Nuys Open.
July 1, 1989... Labor-Management Relations Taking on General Motors: A Case Study of the Campaign to Keep GM Van Nuys Open. By Eric Mann Eric Mann's case study of the General Motors Van Nuys plant and UAW Local 645 provides a particularly powerful...

How to Take a Case Before the NLRB.
July 1, 1989... Labor and Employment Law How to Take a Case Before the NLRB. By Kenneth C. McGuiness and Jeffrey A. Norris This book is a practical, succinct guide to basic NLRB law and procedure, notable for its attention to details that harried...

British and American Women at Work: Do Equal Opportunities Policies Matter?
July 1, 1989... Economic and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions British and American Women at Work: Do Equal Opportunities Policies Matter? By Shirley Dex and Lois B. Shaw. How much difference do government anti-discrimination...

The Dilemma of Toxic Substance Regulation: How Overregulation Causes Underregulation.
July 1, 1989... The Dilemma of Toxic Substance Regulation: How Overregulation Causes Underregulation. By John M. Mendeloff John Mendeloff's views on the regulation of occupational safety are well known to most students of the subject. He argues that OSHA...

The Fight Against Unemployment: Macroeconomic Analysis from the Center for European Studies.
July 1, 1989... Labor Economics The Fight Against Unemployment: Macroeconomic Analysis from the Center for European Policy Studies Edited by Richard Layard and Lars Calmfors The sharp rise in unemployment during the past decade has...

Public Sector Payrolls.
July 1, 1989... Public Sector Payrolls Edited by David A. Wise. This book consists of 10 essays presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference held in November 1984. An introductory chapter by David Wise summarizes the papers contained in...

Organizational Economics.
July 1, 1989... Human Resources, Personnel, and Organizational Behavior Organizational Economics. Edited by Jay B. Barney and William G. Ouchi. Assembled in this book are reprints of 14 articles on the economics of organizations. Most of them are...

The Golden Sword: the Coming of Capitalism to the Colorado Mining Frontier.
July 1, 1989... The Golden Sword: The Coming of Capitalism to the Colorado Mining Frontier By Michael Neuschatz In this study, Michael Neuschatz traces the rise and decline of the Western Federation of Miners in the turn-of-the-century precious-metal...

The Workplace Within: Psychodynamics of Organizational Life.
July 1, 1989... The Workplace Within: Psychodynamics of Organizational Life By Larry Hirschhorn. In The Workplace Within, Larry Hirschhorn uses psychoanalytic object-relations theory to develop an understanding of organizational behavior and culture....

Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950.
July 1, 1989... Labor History Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950. By Christopher H. Johnson. Next to Lee Pressman, Maurice Sugar was the most influential labor lawyer of the 1930s and 1940s. This biography traces Sugar's...

The Fall of the House of Labor.
July 1, 1989... THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF LABOR(*) Editor's Introduction by Nick Salvatore A century ago Richard Ely and his student, John R. Commons, began the formal study of labor in the United States. Although clearly influenced by his mentor,...

The mandatory-permissive distinction and collective bargaining outcomes. (includes bibliography)
July 1, 1989... THE MANDATORY-PERMISSIVE DISTINCTION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OUTCOMES The authors use union contract and laboratory experiment data to assess whether the distinction between mandatory and permissive bargaining subjects affects...

Organizing the organizers: professional staff unionism in the American labor movement. (includes bibliography)
July 1, 1989... ORGANIZING THE ORGANIZERS: PROFESSIONAL STAFF UNIONISM IN THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT This study summarizes the history of bargaining units formed to represent professional employees of American unions and presents the results of...

Toward a structural account of union participation in management: the case of Western Airlines. (includes bibliography)
July 1, 1989... TOWARD A STRUCTURAL ACCOUNT OF UNION PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF WESTERN AIRLINES In 1983 and 1984 four unions at Western Airlines agreed to wage cuts, work rule changes, two-tier wage plans, and other concessions in ...

The role of discrimination in determining occupational structure.
July 1, 1989... THE ROLE OF DISCRIMINATION IN DETERMINING OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE The author of this study attempts to isolate the role of discrimination in determining racial differences in occupational structure. Logit techniques are used to...

Measuring the pay disparity between typically female occupations and other jobs: a bivariate selectivity approach. (includes bibliography)
July 1, 1989... MEASURING THE PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN TYPICAL FEMALE OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER JOBS: A BIVARIATE SELECTIVITY APPROACH The author of this study, using bivariate probit selectivity model with data from the 1984 Panel Survey of Income Dynamics,...

The twelve-hour shift in the petroleum and chemical industries revisited: an assessment by human resource management executives.
July 1, 1989... THE TWELVE-HOUR SHIFT IN THE PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES REVISITED: AN ASSESSMENT BY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES This study, a follow-up of one published in 1979, reports the results of a questionnaire concerning the...

Historical limits on neoclassical strike theories: evidence from French coal mining, 1890-1935. (includes bibliography)
July 1, 1989... HISTORICAL LIMITS ON NEOCLASSICAL STRIKE THEORIES: EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH COAL MINING, 1890-1935 This study analyzes the determinants of strikes in French coal mining over the period 1890-1935. The results indicate that factors...

Introduction. (Attacking Corruption in Union-Management Relations: a Symposium)
July 1, 1989... ATTACKING CORRUPTION IN UNION-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM Introduction On June 25, 1985, Governor Mario Cuomo requested the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) to undertake "an extensive and comprehensive...

The Waterfront Commission of the Port of New York: a history and appraisal. (includes bibliography) (Attacking Corruption in Union-Management Relations: a Symposium)
July 1, 1989... THE WATERFRONT COMMISSION OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK: A HISTORY AND APPRAISAL This study recounts the history and evaluates the record of the Waterfront Commission of the Port of New York, established in 1953 to rid the port of...

Controlling corruption in the construction industry: the Quebec approach. (Attacking Corruption in Union-Management Relations: a Symposium)
July 1, 1989... CONTROLLING CORRUPTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: THE QUEBEC APPROACH Between 1968 and 1975, the Province of Quebec instituted several laws to combat violence and corruption in its construction industry. Among them were a...

Government regulation of labor-management corruption: the casino industry experience in New Jersey. (includes bibliography) (Attacking Corruption in Union-Management Relations: a Symposium)
July 1, 1989... GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT CORRUPTION: THE CASINO INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IN NEW JERSEY This study evaluates the impact of New Jersey's 1977 law controlling the casino industry and its unions. Based on interviews with casino...

The persistence of organized crime in New York City construction: an economic perspective. (Attacking Corruption in Union-Management Relations: a Symposium)
July 1, 1989... THE PERSISTENCE OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE This study explores the strengths and weaknesses of economic reasoning in explaining, and suggesting remedies for, the stubborn presence of ...