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| Author: | Cobble, D. S. |
| Title: | Organizing the postindustrial work force: lessons from the history of waitress unionism |
| Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1991 : APR, VOL. 44:3, p. 419-436 |
| Index terms: | POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY TRADE UNIONS EMPLOYEES' ORGANIZATIONS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MASS PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Using previously unexamined archival material, one successful historical alternative to the kind of unionism that developed in mass production industries is reconstructed: the "occupational unionism". This form of employee representation was practiced from the 1900s to the 1960s by waitresses organized into the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. An emphasis on occupational identity, control over the labour supply, portable rights and benefits, and peer determination of performance standards and workplace discipline were characteristic to this form of unionism. The implications of this research for the work of labour relations scholars and policy analysts are discussed. |
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