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Worker Turnover and Part-Time Employment at UPS

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Bronfenbrenner_43_Worker_turnover_and_part.pdf (1.92 MB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/74285
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ILR Research Studies and Reports
Faculty Publications - Labor Relations, Law, and History
Author
Bronfenbrenner, Kate
Abstract

Over the last ten years we have seen a dramatic increase in the utilization of part-time workers by the United Parcel Service (UPS). This increase has been coupled with a stunningly high turnover rate of 150 percent among these workers. This study documents the deteriorating work environment for part-time workers at UPS and finds that a lack of full-time opportunities, a pervasive pattern of management mistreatment, and an alarmingly high injury rate are the primary determinants of the high turnover rate.

Date Issued
1997-06-01
Keywords
collective bargaining
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ILR
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labor
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industrial relations
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worker
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wages
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union
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capital mobility
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labor market
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unemployment
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employer
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employee
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United States
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plant closing
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private sector
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Cornell
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union organizing
Rights
Required Publisher Statement: Report commissioned by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Copyright by the author.
Type
article

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