Strike Activity, Worker Militancy, and Productivity Change in Manufacturing, 1961-1981

Bibliographic Data

ID3297380
AuthorsSean Flaherty (corresponding author), Sean P Flaherty (corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume40
Issue4
Pages585
Publication date1987-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2524060
OpenAlexW4241517285
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

The author hypothesizes a two-way causality between intracontractual strikes and productivity change in U.S. manufacturing: on the one hand, strikes during the term of a contract, which are thought to reflect more broadly practiced shop floor militancy, slow the pace of productivity growth; and on the other hand, periods of rapid productivity growth provoke increased intracontractual strike activity, among other forms of shop floor protest. The model is tested with quarterly data from 1961 through 1981. Modified two-stage least squares estimates support the hypothesis of two-way causality. A specific finding is that shop floor confrontation played a significant role in the slump in manufacturing productivity that began in the mid-1960s, but not in the more precipitous productivity slowdown of the post-1973 years

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