Vernon H Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vernon H Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vernon H |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN V H |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Workers' Health, Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Struggle, 1891-1925
Strife on the Waterfront: The Port of New York Since 1945
Collective Bargaining and Technological Change in American Transportation
The authors have attempted to show the differences in the impact of technology among transportation industry subsectors, the significance of institutional arrangements and the workability of collective bargaining under difficult circumstances. In addressing the problem of whether employment problems generated by technological change can be resolved through collective bargaining, each author deals with a different segment of transportation. The re…
Strife on the Waterfront: The Port of New York since 1945
Journal Article Strife on the Waterfront: The Port of New York since 1945. By Vernon H. Jensen. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1974. 478 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $18.50.) Get access Irving Bernstein Irving Bernstein University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 61, Issue 2, September 1974, Pages 535–536, https://doi.org/10.…
Colorado's War on Militant Unionism-James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners
Decasualization and Modernization of Dock Work in London
Books Reviewed: The I.W.W. — An exchange of views
We Shall Be All—A History of the Industrial Workers of the World, by Melvyn Dubofsky. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1969. XVIII, 557 pp
Technical and Social Changes in the World's Ports
The Restrictive Society: A Report on Restrictive Practices
Computer Hiring of Dock Workers in the Port of New York
Focuses on the use of computers in the hiring of dock workers in the Port of New York. Creation of real-time-on-line electronic data processing system; Historical background of the hiring practices; Role of the International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association in the adoption of computers; Applications of the computers. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Hiring of Dock Workers and Employment Practices in the Ports of New York, Liverpool, London, Rotterdam, and Marseilles
The Seattle General Strike
Soldiers and Spruce: Origins of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
The Process of Collective Bargaining and the Question of its Obsolescence
Argues that collective bargaining performs a fundamental and valuable function which cannot be fulfilled as well in U.S. society by any other means. Abuse or perversion suffered by collective bargaining in some quarters; Critique of assertions made that collective bargaining may be inadequate to solve modern problems. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Books reviewed
The Machinists. By Mark Perlman, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961, 325 pp. $7.50. The Triangle Fire. By Leon Stein. J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia & New York, 1962. 224 pp. $4.50. The Promised City. By Moses Rischin, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1962, 342 pp. $7.50. Chicago and the Labor Movement. By Barbara Warne Newell, Champaign, 1ll., University of Illinois Press, 1961, 288 pp. $6.00
Communism and the General Strike
Decasualization of Employment on the New York Waterfront
For a number of years before the enactment in 1953 of the New Jersey-New York Waterfront Commission Compact (Bi-State Compact), an inordinate number of men were attached to the longshore labor market of the Port of Greater New York. In 1952 this condition was pointed to by the New York State Crime Commission as a breeding ground for, as well as an effect of, unsavory hiring practices and crime on the waterfront. The Commission's various findings …
Book Note and Review: Labor Organizations: The Rocky Mountain Revolution
The Rocky Mountain Revolution
Dispute Settlement in the New York Longshore Industry
In contrast to the widespread attention given to disputes and work stoppages in the shipping industry in the Port of New York, scant publicity has been given to the recent efforts of employers and the International Longshoremen's Association to resolve grievances on the piers through peaceful means. This article discusses the grievance machinery established by the New York Shipping Association and the ILA in 1955 and its accomplishments in settli…
Notes on the Beginnings of Collective Bargaining
THE origin of an institution often throws light upon its subsequent role, notwithstanding that institutions often change in their purposes and functions as they develop, mature, and become accommodated to other institutions. Despite its importance in American industrial life, too little is known about the early history of collective bargaining. Its pedigree still needs tracing thoroughly, if we are to understand more fully the institutional role …
Collective Bargaining in the Nonferrous Metals Industry
Labor-Management Relations at the Plant Level under Industry-wide Bargaining: A Study of the Engineering (metal-working) Industry in Birmingham, England
Nonferrous Metals Industry Unionism, 1932-1954
How Arbitration Works
Decasualization of Employment on the New York Waterfront
For a number of years before the enactment in 1953 of the New Jersey-New York Waterfront Commission Compact (Bi-State Compact), an inordinate number of men were attached to the longshore labor market of the Port of Greater New York. In 1952 this condition was pointed to by the New York State Crime Commission as a breeding ground for, as well as an effect of, unsavory hiring practices and crime on the waterfront. The Commission's various findings …
Notes on the Beginnings of Collective Bargaining
THE origin of an institution often throws light upon its subsequent role, notwithstanding that institutions often change in their purposes and functions as they develop, mature, and become accommodated to other institutions. Despite its importance in American industrial life, too little is known about the early history of collective bargaining. Its pedigree still needs tracing thoroughly, if we are to understand more fully the institutional role …
The Legend of Joe Hill
Reports on the use of the legend of Joe Hill to boost the morale of members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Creation of a responsive chord among the ordinary workers; Maintenance of solidarity in the ranks of labor during periods of stress; Influence of the legend on the labor relations history. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Lafontaine and the Canadian Union
Labor Standards and Metal Mining
Cloud by Day
Soil and Steel
Wobbly: Rough and Tumble Story of an American Radical
Pensions and Retirement Plans as a Subject of Collective Bargaining
Examines the inclusion of pensions and retirement plans within the scope of mandatory collective bargaining in the U.S. Definition of collective bargaining; Consequences of pension and retirement programs; Establishment of a social insurance system. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Heritage of Conflict: Labor Relations in the Nonferrous Metals Industry up to 1930
The Preacher and the Slave
The Legend of Joe Hill
Reports on the use of the legend of Joe Hill to boost the morale of members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Creation of a responsive chord among the ordinary workers; Maintenance of solidarity in the ranks of labor during periods of stress; Influence of the legend on the labor relations history. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Collective Bargaining
How Arbitration Works
Nonferrous Metals Industry Unionism, 1932-1954
Notes on the Beginnings of Collective Bargaining
THE origin of an institution often throws light upon its subsequent role, notwithstanding that institutions often change in their purposes and functions as they develop, mature, and become accommodated to other institutions. Despite its importance in American industrial life, too little is known about the early history of collective bargaining. Its pedigree still needs tracing thoroughly, if we are to understand more fully the institutional role …
Collective Bargaining in the Nonferrous Metals Industry
Labor-Management Relations at the Plant Level under Industry-wide Bargaining: A Study of the Engineering (metal-working) Industry in Birmingham, England
Book Note and Review: Labor Organizations: The Rocky Mountain Revolution
The Rocky Mountain Revolution
Dispute Settlement in the New York Longshore Industry
In contrast to the widespread attention given to disputes and work stoppages in the shipping industry in the Port of New York, scant publicity has been given to the recent efforts of employers and the International Longshoremen's Association to resolve grievances on the piers through peaceful means. This article discusses the grievance machinery established by the New York Shipping Association and the ILA in 1955 and its accomplishments in settli…
Decasualization of Employment on the New York Waterfront
For a number of years before the enactment in 1953 of the New Jersey-New York Waterfront Commission Compact (Bi-State Compact), an inordinate number of men were attached to the longshore labor market of the Port of Greater New York. In 1952 this condition was pointed to by the New York State Crime Commission as a breeding ground for, as well as an effect of, unsavory hiring practices and crime on the waterfront. The Commission's various findings …
Communism and the General Strike
Books reviewed
The Machinists. By Mark Perlman, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961, 325 pp. $7.50. The Triangle Fire. By Leon Stein. J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia & New York, 1962. 224 pp. $4.50. The Promised City. By Moses Rischin, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1962, 342 pp. $7.50. Chicago and the Labor Movement. By Barbara Warne Newell, Champaign, 1ll., University of Illinois Press, 1961, 288 pp. $6.00
The Process of Collective Bargaining and the Question of its Obsolescence
Argues that collective bargaining performs a fundamental and valuable function which cannot be fulfilled as well in U.S. society by any other means. Abuse or perversion suffered by collective bargaining in some quarters; Critique of assertions made that collective bargaining may be inadequate to solve modern problems. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)
Soldiers and Spruce: Origins of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Hiring of Dock Workers and Employment Practices in the Ports of New York, Liverpool, London, Rotterdam, and Marseilles
The Seattle General Strike
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