LEADERSHIP AND ITS CONSEQUENCES - TECHNICAL CHANGE IN THE LONGSHORE INDUSTRY

Authors
WATERS RC
Citation
Rc. Waters, LEADERSHIP AND ITS CONSEQUENCES - TECHNICAL CHANGE IN THE LONGSHORE INDUSTRY, Industrial relations, 32(2), 1993, pp. 262-271
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
Industrial relations → ACNP
ISSN journal
00198676
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
262 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-8676(1993)32:2<262:LAIC-T>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The leadership of the two U.S. longshore unions used different strateg ies when faced with technical change during the period 1959-89. One un ion used its market power to maintain membership and increase wages an d benefits; the other concentrated on wages, benefits, and adjustment mechanisms. The first strategy was economically superior in the short run, but led to reduced wages and employment in the long run.