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| Author: | Wever, K. R. |
| Title: | Toward a structural account of union participation in management: the case of Western Airlines. *WESTERN AIRLINES |
| Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1989 : VOL. 42:4, p. 600-609 |
| Index terms: | PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION USA TRADE UNIONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In 1983 and 1984 four unions at Western Ai9rlines agreed to wage cuts, work rule changes, two-tier wage plans, and other concessions in return for seats on the board of directors, a Health Service Program, financial information sharing, and an Employee Involvement Program. Data from interviews conducted with all parties between 1983 and 1987 are used to support an argument that meaningful and lasting employee participation occurred only when the union had enough power to induce management to forgo some of its traditional prerogatives (a structural factor). The union and management shared a vision of how participation could serve both parties' interests (a cognitive factor), and the union had substantial institutional security (a second structural factor). |
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