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ECONOMICS
OF
LABOR
RICHARD A LESTER
Chairman, Department of Economics
Princeton University
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SECOND EDITION
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PART ONE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT: A
laboristic economy? Concern for employees' wel
fare SCOPE AND AIMS OF OUR INQUIRY: The
big questions The total view THE SELLERS AND
BUYERS OF LABOR: Some definitions Sellers of la
bor Growth in middle-class occupations Buyers of
labor
2 KEYS TO LABOR KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMATIC INQUIRY IN THE LABOR FIELD:
Types of economic analysis Contribution of other
social sciences EMPIRICAL STUDIES: Historical
studies Topical surveys Case studies Statistics Experi
ments SOME PITFALLS: Reasoning from the par-
ticidar to the general The selective fallacy Misuse of
analytical tools The fallacy of single causation Value
judgments
3 DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED LABOR
BEFORE THE NEW DEAL
THE SHAPING FORCES: Some basic influences
Cycles of economic disturbance and political transi
tion Retarding factors SEARCH FOR A STABLE
FORM OF ORGANIZATION: Colonial regulations
Rise of the merchant capitalist Early unions: generat
ing forces and modern features The organizational
surge The era of utopianismThe emergence of na
tional unions The structural issue: craft vs all-inclusive
unionism THE ERA OF AFL UNIONISM: The
formative years The solidification of craft unionism
Advance in World War I Stagnation and doldrums
I X
X Confenfs
4 THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION AND
UNION GROWTH 91
ALTERATION IN THE CONCEPT OF EMPLOY
MENT: The Nein De,il revolution in industrial em
ployment Landmarks in labor legislation UNION
REJUVENATION AND MASS ORGANIZATION:
The rise of industrial unionism CIO challenge and
AFL response Wartime rains POSTWAR PLATEAU
AND MERGER: Reaction and Taft-Hartley The
AFL-CIO merger Demand for union reform ANAL
YSIS OF UNION DEVELOPMENT: Factors in
secular change and cycles Implications for the theory
of unionism
5 EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT'S VIEWS
AND POLICIES 117
TRADITIONAL IDE( LOGY AND TACTICS: The
traditional managemem creed Pre-New Deal tactics
THE STORY OF EMPLOYER COUNTERAC
TION: The doctrine of criminal conspiracy Early
employers'' organizations The antiunion drive of the
1870's Employer reaciion to the Knights of Labor
Association bar gaming and conflict The great open-
shop movement World War I influences The
American Plm offensive and welfare capitalism
Reaction to industrial unionism and the New Deal
Government co?itrol in World War II Postwar accom
modation and legislative gains PHILOSOPHIES OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: The market ideology
plus absolute authority The scie?itific management
movement Personnel management and welfare capital
ism The human relations approach
PART TWO ECONOMICS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
6 ANALYSIS OF UN [ON BEHAVIOR 149
MODELS OF UNIONISM: Difficidties for a unitary
explanation Identity oj method and approach A politi-
coeconomic model Other interpretations THE GOV-
Conferifs xi
ERNMENT OF UNIONS: The national union The
local union The federations Finances THE ISSUE
OF UNION DEMOCRACY: Membership participa
tion Strike votes THE THEORY OF UNION EVO
LUTION: Internal developments External integration
7 THEORY OF MANAGEMENT 191
THEORY OF THE FIRM: Goals Decision-making
methods Extramarket pressures Adjustment, possibili
ties THE RATIONALE OF INDUSTRIAL RELA
TIONS PROGRAMS: Management of the workforce
Modern personnel management
8 THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS 222
NATURE OF THE PROCESS APPROACHES TO
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Management Un
ion BARGAINING EXPERIENCE: Patterns and
trends Some comparisons RANGE OF ACCEPTA
BILITY: latitude and limits Function of the strike
9 WAGE THEORY AND LABOR MARKETS 255
TERMINOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES: Wages La
bor markets THE ADMINISTERED MARKET:
Mobility and company attachment, f abor supply and
wages Labor demand and wages Different types of
employment TRADITIONAL WAGE THEORY:
The marginal productivity theory Application and
limitations The monopsony case THE THEORY OF
NEGOTIATED WAGES: New dimensions and vari
ation Compulsions and limitations The role of wage
criteria
10 WAGE STRUCTURE AND
WAGE CHANGE 292
PROBLEMS OF WAGE ANALYSIS: Measurement
questions Afialytical approaches Determination of
union influence PATTERN AND BEHAVIOR OF
DIFFERENTIALS: Occupational differentials Inter-
Contents
industry differentials Local differentials Geographical
differentials WAGE LEVEL CHANGES: Collective
bargaining and prices Unemployment and wage
change Labor's share in the national income
11 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND
WORK HOURS 331
NONWAGE BENEFITS: Developme?its and trends
Reasons for relative expansion Effects on negotiations
Implications for theory Public policy questions
HOURS OF WORK: Historical developments Eco
nomics of shorter hours Public policy on hours
SENIORITY, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE,
AND UNION SECURITY 372
SENIORITY: The principle and its application Some
problems Economic consequences THE IMPACT OF
MECHANIZATION: The pace of mechanization and
job effects Union policies Collectively bargained pro
grams Role of government Threat to union security
UNION SECURITY: Types of union security Ex
perience with legal curbs Conflict of economic philos
ophies
PART THREE PUBLIC POLICY
13BASESANDEVOLUTIONOF
PUBLIC POLICY 403
GROUNDS FOR PUB! ,IC ACTION: Three philos
ophies of public policy Limitations of the market
Collective bargaining to equalize power Unemploy
ment and war Public policy views of labor and man
agement STAGES IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT:
Judicial regulation Injunctions Protective legislation
Labor-relations acts Presidential intervention Anti
trust cases Signs of change prior to 1933 The New
Deal period Wartime regulation Postwar reaction
The pattern of evolution
t
Contents xiii
14 GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF
MANAGEMENT AND UNIONS 437
AIMS AND METHODS: Economic objectives Ques
tions about government control THE TAFT-HART
LEY ACT: Coverage and administration Employer
unfair labor practices Union unfair labor practices
Picketing Appraisal THE LANDRL M-GRIFFIN
ACT: Influencing factors Purposes and methods Bill
of rights Financial and conflict-of-interest reports
Trusteeships Election provisions Appraisal LABOR
MONOPOLY AND ANTITRUST PROPOSALS:
Meaning of labor monopolyCompetition as a model
Companies as union boundaries Multiemployer and
industry-wide bargaining Reintroduction of antitrust
15 STRIKES AND THE GOVERNMENT 470
STRIKE BEHAVIOR: The declining propensity to
strike Strike activity in major industries Strike sub
stitutes Technological obsolescence of the strike
Union developments METHODS OF INTERVEN
TION: Mediation Voluntary arbitration Fact-finding
Injunction and seizure Compulsory arbitration Strike
votes EMERGENCY DISPUTES: The Railway La
bor Act The Taft-Hartley Act Choice of procedures
16 MINIMUM WAGE AND FAIR
EMPLOYMENT LAWS 503
ECONOMIC BACKGROUND: Common basis for
legislation Approaches to governmental action LE
GAL MINIMUM WAGES: Aims and methods His
torical development Analysis of economic effects
Effects on employment Some conclusions EQUAL
PAY FOR WOMEN: Prevalence of sex discrimina
tion in pay Economic aspects Discrimination pro
hibited by Federal law RACIAL DISCRI iVIINATION
IN EMPLOYMENT: Extent of discrimination Ex
perience with State and municipal legislation Experi
ence with Federal executive orders
xiv Contents
17 UNEMPLOYMENT: FACTS, ANALYSIS,
AND INSURANCE 542
THE FACTS: Upward trends Severely-affected
groups ANALYSIS OK TWO THESES: Implica
tions The evidence UNEiVlPLOYMENT COMPEN
SATION: Objectives and framework Financing
Benefits Difficulties of defining benefit adequacy
Economic effects Proposals for reform
18 MANPOWER PLANNING AND
THE TRAINING ACT 567
ECONOMICS OF MANPOWER POLICY: Improve
ment in allocation and adjustment Possible gains and
costs THE REPORT AND OVER-ALL PRO
GRAM: The President's Manpower Report Central
role of the Employment Service Vocational education
The problem of coordination TRAINING THE
UNEMPLOYED: The program Experience Prob
lems
PART FOUR CONCLUSIONS
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19 PROBLEMS AND P( )LICIES IN
PERSPECTIVE 595
Three bases of judgment Unions Management Gov
ernment
INDEX 609 |
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