Upjohn Research

Title

Worker Participation and American Unions: Threat or Opportunity

Authors

Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harry Charles Katz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nancy R. Mower, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year

1984

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of the effects of QWL and other forms of worker participation on the collective bargaining process.

Contents

1. What's the Problem?
2. Dynamics of Worker Participation Processes
3. Worker Participation Under Centralized Collective Bargaining
4. Views of the Rank and File
5. Views of Local Union Activists and Officers
6. Views from the Top of the Labor Movement
7. Conclusions and Implications

Citation

Kochan, Thomas A., Harry C. Katz, and Nancy R. Mower. 1984. Worker Participation and American Unions: Threat or Opportunity. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880990226 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Unions and collective bargaining