US Strike Activity in Three Professions

Abstract

Data are analysed on strike and normal working durations from three professions – the public school system, electronics, and seaports over the period 1946 to 1987. The duration of strikes experienced immediately prior to negotiation is shown to have a positive effect on a bargaining unit′s duration of normal working during a current contract negotiation. For all three professions, the primary finding of this study is that longer duration strikes in time t produce longer normal working time at time t + 1.

Citation

Somers, T.M., Gupta, Y.P. and Smith, A.W. (1991), "US Strike Activity in Three Professions", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 12 No. 7, pp. 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000892