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On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
Liesl Miller Orenic
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Description for On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
Paperback. The challenges and successes of unionization at four U.S. airlines, with a focus on baggage handlers Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 black and white photographs; 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNGV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
On the Ground charts labor relations in the airline industry, unraveling the story of how baggage handlers--classified as unskilled workers--built tense but mutually useful alliances with their skilled coworkers such as aircraft mechanics and made tremendous gains in wages and working conditions, even in the era of supposedly "complacent" labor in the 1950s and 1960s. Liesl Miller Orenic explains how airline jobs on the ground were constructed, how workers chose among unions, and how federal labor policies as well as industry regulation both increased and hindered airline workers' bargaining power.
On the Ground charts labor relations in the airline industry, unraveling the story of how baggage handlers--classified as unskilled workers--built tense but mutually useful alliances with their skilled coworkers such as aircraft mechanics and made tremendous gains in wages and working conditions, even in the era of supposedly "complacent" labor in the 1950s and 1960s. Liesl Miller Orenic explains how airline jobs on the ground were constructed, how workers chose among unions, and how federal labor policies as well as industry regulation both increased and hindered airline workers' bargaining power.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
The Working Class in American History
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076275
SKU
V9780252076275
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About Liesl Miller Orenic
Liesl Miller Orenic is an associate professor of history and the director of American studies at Dominican University.
Reviews for On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
“Provides a detailed history of institutions, regulatory regimes, technological evolution, and the development of the division of labor, wages and working conditions in the airline industry. This is an extremely useful work.”
EH.Net "An important study."
Enterprise and Society "An important study ... which should interest union activities and academics."
Enterprise & Society "This wonderful treatment of an underexamined area of labor history ... Read more
EH.Net "An important study."
Enterprise and Society "An important study ... which should interest union activities and academics."
Enterprise & Society "This wonderful treatment of an underexamined area of labor history ... Read more