The Decline of Industrial Unionism in the Meatpacking Industry: Event-Structure Analyses of Labor Unrest, 1946-1987.

Brueggemann, John; Brown, Cliff

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ERIC Number: EJ670927

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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The Decline of Industrial Unionism in the Meatpacking Industry: Event-Structure Analyses of Labor Unrest, 1946-1987.

Brueggemann, John; Brown, Cliff

Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v30 n3 p327-60 Aug 2003

A study of the United Packinghouse Workers of America compared the postwar years and the Reagan era. Using event-structure analysis, the development of new corporate strategies (new technologies, production reorganization, cheap nonunion labor) fundamentally transformed the capital-labor relationship and led to the collapse of industrial unionism in meat packing. (Contains 114 references.) (JOW)

Descriptors: Change, Employment Practices, Labor Relations, Meat Packing Industry, Production Techniques, Technological Advancement, Unions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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