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Temporary in Tennessee: CATS for Stable Jobs

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Labor Research Review, Volume 1, Number 15 (1990)
Author
Yount, Linda
Williams, Susan
Abstract

[Excerpt] Morristown is a mid-sized town in the mountains of upper east Tennessee. Like the rest of Tennessee, Morristown has a low rate of unionization and has seen minimal organizing on workplace and fair labor issues. At the same time, Tennessee has been hard hit by plant closings and layoffs and has seen higher paying industrial jobs replaced by lower paying, part-time and service jobs and temporary and contract-labor jobs. The security of the workforce is declining dramatically. From this setting, a citizens group called Citizens Against Temporary Services, or CATS, organized last year in search of a better deal for workers in Tennessee. In little more than a year, CATS has made remarkable strides. This is the CATS story.

Journal / Series
Labor Research Review
Volume & Issue
Vol. 1, Num. 15
Date Issued
1990-04-01
Keywords
Tennessee
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Citizens Against Temporary Services
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union organizing
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article

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