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Labor Research Review, Volume 1, Number 15 (1990)
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Labor Research Review, Volume 1, Number 15(1990)
Privatization & Contracting Out
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Subcontracting: Innovative Labor Strategies
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] Over the past 15 years, U.S. corporations have searched desperately for ways to turn back stiff foreign competition. One of their strategies has been subcontracting—letting work out to outside firms, so as to ... -
It's Never Too Late: Office Workers at Bethlehem Steel
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] Once jobs are contracted out, it's an uphill battle to bring them back into a bargaining unit — even if the union has strong contract language. If the jobs never did belong to the union and there is no favorable ... -
Justice for Janitors: The Challenge of Organizing In Contract Services
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] In 1988 Omar Vasconez, a commercial office janitor in New York City, earned $11.29-an-hour plus full benefits. In Atlanta, janitor Mary Jenkins was earning $3.40-an-hour with no benefits. While Mary could be fired ... -
Temporary in Tennessee: CATS for Stable Jobs
(1990-04-01)[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. ... -
Cottage Cheese or Chicken? An AFSCME Fight for Public Food Service
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] Confronted with mounting fiscal problems, many state and local government officials consider privatization or contracting out of public services a "quick fix" for their difficulties. The on-the-job experience of ... -
Growing the Post Office: The Canadian Campaign
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has fought Canada Post's privatization plan every step of the way. With strikes and public demonstrations, at the bargaining table and in the community, CUPW has fought ... -
Fighting on Many Fronts: SEIU in Los Angeles
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has a unique perspective on the issue of contracting out because it represents both public and private workers in industries which involve significant contract ... -
Privatizing Philly vs. AFSCME DC 33
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] "One word from me and the traffic lights don't work, the bridges don't open, the trash isn't collected and the heat in all the city buildings is cut off," boasted former AFSCME DC 33 President Earl Stout in 1975. ... -
Showdown at Nacogdoches: The CWA in Texas
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] When a state university in the East Texas town of Nacogdoches decided to contract out and de-unionize 156 food service jobs in 1985, they did not expect to face a fight that would mobilize the combined strength ... -
Privatization: Selling America To the Lowest Bidder
(1990-04-01)[Excerpt] Elected officials and citizens are now learning in hundreds of communities that privatization is not the way to improve the quality and efficiency of public services. Cities such as New York and Phoenix, where ...
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