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The Modernization of West Coast Longshore Work Rules

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ID3240692
AuthorsCharles C Killingsworth (corresponding author)
Year1962
Volume15
Issue3
Pages295
Publication date1962-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2520850
OpenAlexW4233764345
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Although the problem of restrictive work rules and practices has been a chronic issue in labor-management relations, it has attained new interest and prominence in a variety of significant industries. Beyond the immediate issues in dispute, however, is the more important question of the capacity of our collective bargaining system to deal with the impact of rapid changes in technology. Several experimental approaches to the problem of accommodating workers' needs for job security and management's goal of ever increasing efficiency are under way, notably in meatpacking, steel, railroads, and the longshoring industry. Only the latter industry has thus far reached agreement on a new set of rules which are intended to accommodate the conflicting interests of management and workers, while in other industries the issues continue under study. A notable feature of the developments in West Coast longshoring is that agreement was reached without the aid of neutrals. While these developments have been described in more detail elsewhere, this article undertakes to analyze the factors that led to agreement and to appraise the general significance of this particular approach to the work rules problem. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)

Business · Collective bargaining · Courtesy · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Geomorphology · Labor relations · Labour economics · Law and economics · Longshore drift · Management · Modernization theory · Political science · Public relations · Variety (cybernetics) · Work (physics) · Artificial Intelligence · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Engineering · Geology · Industrial relations · Law · Law, logistics, and international trade · Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies · Maritime Ports and Logistics · Mechanical Engineering · Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,1
Citation span1968 - 1999 (32)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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