Showing papers on "Job security published in 1974"
TL;DR: This article found evidence that wages in the public sector tend to be higher than those in the private sector for most blue-collar jobs and lower level white-collared jobs, but salaries are generally lower for managerial and professional occupations, which can be explained by a combination of two factors: the discretion that public employers must exercise in implementing the prevailing wage rule adopted by most cities and larger government units, and the nature of the political forces that affect governmental wage decisions.
Abstract: This study provides evidence that wages in the public sector tend to be higher than in the private sector for most blue-collar jobs and lower level white-collar jobs, but salaries are generally lower in the public sector for managerial and professional occupations. The authors argue that these differentials, many of which are accentuated by differences in fringe benefits and job security, can be explained in large part by a combination of two factors: the discretion that public employers must exercise in implementing the prevailing wage rule adopted by most cities and larger government units, and the nature of the political forces that affect governmental wage decisions. Careful attention should be given to the evolving structure of collective bargaining in the public sector.
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TL;DR: This article found that faculty demographic and job satisfaction measures are related to perceptions of and sentiments toward collective bargaining at one institution which is unorganized but which has experienced substan... and also found that job satisfaction is related to perceived and sentiment towards collective bargaining.
Abstract: Faculty demographic and job satisfaction measures are related to perceptions of and sentiments toward collective bargaining at one institution which is unorganized but which has experienced substan...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe attempts to restructure and reorganize work in several Western European nations and focus on the role unions have played in these efforts, emphasizing the need for worker representation on companies' boards of directors and workers' control or self-management.
Abstract: Efforts to humanize work are part of the broad worldwide concern for a better quality of life. On the shop floor and at the bargaining table, these efforts cover safety and health, improved systems of remuneration, job security, and better welfare provisions. Proposals to humanize work run the gamut of employer-employee relations from the early demand for "industrial democracy" first coined by Beatrice and Sydney Webb to the demand for worker representation on companies' boards of directors and for workers' control or self-management. More recently they have ranged to a demand for restructuring and reorganizing work to relieve the worker from the deadening impact of monotonous, repetitive, and boring work and pressures on the assembly line. A previous Monthly Labor Review article described efforts to make work more meaningful through worker participation in management decisions.1 This report describes attempts to restructure and reorganize work in several Western European nations and focuses on the role unions have played in these efforts.
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