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The Use of Replacement Workers in Union Contract Negotiations : The U.S. Experience, 1980-1989

Cramton, Peter C.; Tracy, Joseph S. - 2021

strikes since 1980, we estimate the likelihood of replacements being hired. We find that the risk of replacement declines …

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Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations : Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires

Krueger, Alan B.; Mas, Alexandre - 2022

This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of permanent replacement workers by Bridgestone/Firestone in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of an excess number of defective tires....

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Public Sector Recognition Strikes : Illegal and Ill-Fated

Ichniowski, Casey - 2004

study finds that recognition strikes are concentrated where bargaining laws provide little or no protection of bargaining … rights for municipal police. However, these strikes do not increase the unionization propensities of these police departments …

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Strikes and Wages : a Test of a Signalling Model

Card, David E. - 2021

This paper describes a simple model of labor disputes based on the hypothesis that unions use strikes to infer the … unemployment are found to decrease the probability of strikes, while increases in industry selling prices increase the probability …

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Longitudinal Analysis of Strike Activity

Card, David E. - 2021

This paper presents evidence on two aspects of strike activity associated with the renegotiation of union contracts: the effects of contract characteristics on dispute probabilities; and the effects of lagged strike outcomes on the incidence and duration of subsequent disputes. The empirical...

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Strikes and the Law in the U.S., 1881-1894 : New Evidence on the Origins of American Exceptionalism

Currie, Janet M.; Ferrie, Joseph P. - 2021

The origins of American exceptionalism þ the apolitical nature of American labor unions compared to their European counterparts þ have puzzled labor historians. Recently, the hypothesis has been advanced that organized labor abandoned attempts to win reform through legislation because the...

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Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State

Gruber, Jonathan - 2010

Concerns over the impacts of hospital strikes on patient welfare led to substantial delay in the ability of hospitals ….S. economy. Were the original fears of harmful hospital strikes realized as a result? In this paper we analyze the effects of … nurses' strikes in hospitals on patient outcomes. We utilize a unique dataset collected on nurses' strikes over the 1984 to …

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Energy Production and Health Externalities : Evidence from Oil Refinery Strikes in France

Lavaine, Emmanuelle - 2013

This paper examines the effect of energy production on newborn health using a recent strike that affected oil refineries in France as a natural experiment. First, we show that the temporary reduction in refining lead to a significant reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations. Second, this...

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Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns : The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion

Anderson, Michael L. - 2014

Public transit accounts for only 1% of U.S. passenger miles traveled but nevertheless attracts strong public support. Using a simple choice model, we predict that transit riders are likely to be individuals who commute along routes with the most severe roadway delays. These individuals' choices...

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Bargaining Power, Strike Duration, and Wage Outcomes : an Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s

Card, David E.; Olson, Craig A. - 2021

declining probability of a union victory among longer strikes. For the subset of strikes over wage increases we estimate a … in union ordered strikes. but substantially lower after the Haymarket Square incident in Chicago in 1886 …

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