Examination of the eight frequently used measures of strike activity in the United States. Interrelationships among the measures of strike activity; Definitions of strikes; Influence of the economy, society, and politics on strike activity; Statistical results and discussion. (Abstract copyright...

This analysis of 1953-81 Department of Labor strike data demonstrates that strike samples selected on the basis of various size criteria (ranging from 25 or more workers involved to 5,000 or more workers involved) are not representative of all U.S. strikes. "Small" strikes are found to differ...

This paper examines the question of whether economic factors played an important role in determining strike activity in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. A review of recent research shows one author, David Snyder, concluding that economic factors mattered little...

This historical study focuses on unionism in the carriage and early automobile industries and describes the labor organizations active there between 1890 and 1930. These are the Carriage Workers Union, the Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Union, and the United Automobile, Aircraft and Vehicle...