| Author: | McHugh, R. |
| Title: | Productivity effects of strikes in struck and nonstruck industries |
| Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1991 : JUL, VOL. 44:4, p. 722-732 |
| Index terms: | STRIKES TRADE UNIONS INDUSTRIES PRODUCTIVITY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In the long run, unions can have both positive and negative effects on labor productivity. Unions also can affect productivity in the short run, however, through strikes. This effect of strikes is examined in nine manufacturing industries, as well as in other industries linked as suppliers or purchasers to the struck industries, in 1967-81. The analysis shows that strikes were associated with productivity declines of greater statistical significance in the linked industries than in the industries experiencing the strikes. Arguments are presented that studies using only the individual struck firm or industry as the unit of observation underestimate the impact of strike activity on short-run labor productivity. |
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