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Labor-Management Cooperation

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The Worker Institute Publications
Author
Gray, Lois S.
Abstract

[Excerpt] In analyzing labor-management cooperation, it is important to be clear on what it is not. It is not an absence of strikes or conflict. Cooperation is not synonymous with industrial peace. Cooperation may take place even when bargaining leads to work stoppages; conversely, the mere absence of strikes is no evidence that there is labor-management cooperation. In the current period, there is a tendency to equate concessionary bargaining with labor-management cooperation. Demand for and acceptance of "givebacks" reflect economic pressures and relative bargaining strength and ought not to be interpreted as evidence of a cooperative relationship.

Date Issued
1983-06-01
Keywords
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labor
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management
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cooperation
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industrial
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peace
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work stoppage
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strike
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givebacks
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economic
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relationship
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