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Serving the Public Interest: Preventing Double-Breasting in the Construction Industry

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Grabelsky19_Serving_the_public_interest.pdf (305.67 KB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/76087
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Author
Grabelsky, Jeffrey
Abstract

Excerpt] But the immediate question I am addressing is how the practice of double-breasting undermines the stability of collective bargaining in the construction industry. The simple answer is that it is not exceedingly difficult for a unionized contractor to operate a double-breasted nonunion firm and, given the increasingly intense competitive pressures to cut labor costs (given rising land and material costs), employers have a strong incentive to double-breast. To the extent unionized contractors have pursued that business strategy, how has it impacted the system of collective bargaining in the construction industry?

Date Issued
2007-10-17
Keywords
construction
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double-breasting
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union
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contractor
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labor movement
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organizing
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