Wage Rule Formation in the Aerospace Industry

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3301748
AutoresChristopher L Erickson (0000-0001-5478-2472, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume45
Fascículo3
Páginas507-522
Data de publicação1992-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979399204500307
OpenAlexW2103616708
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas7

This study of wage bargaining in the aerospace industry focuses particularly on lump sum bonuses, one-time cash disbursements that generally accompany lower increases in the base wage than were formerly standard. Although such bonuses, which appeared in aerospace companies before they appeared in other large manufacturing industries, were viewed as a union concession, they persisted into the 1989 bargaining round despite a sharp upturn in the fortunes of the most prominent aerospace company. The author regards that fact, as well as the weakening of both inter- and intra-industry pattern bargaining, as support for the view that a significant shift in union wage determination occurred in the 1980s. He argues, however, based on interviews with managers, union officials, and workers, that consensus has not yet been achieved on the meaning of this shift

Aerospace · Business · Cash · Collective bargaining · Economics · Labour economics · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Wage · Aerospace Engineering · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Finance · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring