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The 1970s and 1980s

The 1970s and 1980s. Lecture 1. Administrative. Reading for next time – all remaining reading on this topic. Review. In 1960 unionism strong in blue collar and goods producing occupations and industries and weak in white collar and service producing occupations and industries

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The 1970s and 1980s

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  1. The 1970s and 1980s Lecture 1

  2. Administrative • Reading for next time – all remaining reading on this topic

  3. Review • In 1960 unionism strong in blue collar and goods producing occupations and industries and weak in white collar and service producing occupations and industries • Development of collective bargaining by farm workers and teachers

  4. Today • Political and Economic Background • New Pattern of Strikes and Government Anti-unionism • New Patterns of Bargaining

  5. I. Political and Economic Background • Only four years of Democratic Presidency over this period • Continued decline of goods producing sectors and rise of services • Decade of the 1970s was one of economic instability • Issues related to petroleum • Stagflation

  6. II. New Patterns of Strikes and Government Anti-unionism • The PATCO Strike (1981) • Background • Issues • Outcome • The Phelps Dodge Dispute (1983) • Background • Issues • Outcome

  7. Strikes • PATCO dispute indicated hostility of government to unions • PATCO and Phelps Dodge signaled employers that they could replace strikers with impunity and with the approval of government • Operating during strike become normal • Threats to close or to replace strikers became the norm

  8. Striker Replacement • McKay Radio Doctrine (1937) • Threats frequently carried out • Employers often prepared for strikes by arranging replacements in advance

  9. III. New Patterns of Bargaining • New patterns of strikes left unions with little recourse • Concession bargaining • Wage freezes and wage and benefit cuts • lump-sum payments • Two-tiered bargaining

  10. Next Time • New Economy of 1980s and beyond • Responses of the union movement • Women in the labor force in the 1970s and 1980s

  11. The 1970s and 1980s Lecture 2

  12. Administrative • Reading for next time – Ross, “Sweated Labor in Cyberspace,” in Boris and Lichtenstein

  13. Review • Anti-labor political environment of 1970s and 1980s and unstable economic environment of 1970s • New patterns of strikes and government anti-unionism • Concession bargaining

  14. Today • Post-industrial Society • Women at work and family life in the 1970s and 1980s • White male workers in the 1970s and 1980s • Trade unions

  15. I. Post-Industrial Society • What is post-industrial society? • What is the nature of work like in that society? • What are consumption patterns like in that society?

  16. II. Women at work and family life • What happened to women’s work patterns in the 1970s and 1980s? • What happened to patterns of family life? • Related to decline in fringe benefits, especially health care

  17. “Women’s” Issues at Work • Interest in childcare/daycare • Ability to pay for childcare with pre-tax dollars • Flexible schedules • Work from home • Cafeteria benefit plans

  18. III. White Male Workers • Resentment of programs for women and minorities • Bakke Case • Weber Case • Johnson Case • Impact of Viet Nam War

  19. IV. Trade Unions • AFL-CIO • All major unions affiliated • Membership of affiliates continued to decline • Continued to take strong anti-Communist international position • New approaches to union organizing • “organizing unionism” • Corporate Campaigns

  20. Next Time • Begin discussion of the period since 1990

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