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Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study (Reply), David B. Lipsky
Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study (Reply), David B. Lipsky
David B Lipsky
[Excerpt] The design of policies intended to aid workers who are threatened with displacement involves issues of a complex and difficult nature. The need for careful analysis of the issues is emphasized by Thomas Kochan's comment on my recent article. In that article I tried to point out the limitations of my analysis, the difficulties of generalizing on the basis of a case study, and the tentative nature of my conclusions. Space did not allow a full elaboration of these problems; now Kochan has performed a useful service by heightening our awareness of them. However, I cannot believe he has …
Employment And Unemployment Statistics In Collective Bargaining: Discussion, David B. Lipsky
Employment And Unemployment Statistics In Collective Bargaining: Discussion, David B. Lipsky
David B Lipsky
[Excerpt] This writer can't see the potential in the establishment survey data that Mills sees —at least, not for collective bargaining purposes. First, the sample can never be made large enough, except at prohibitive cost, to include a sufficient cross-section of unionized firms. Granted, union and management representatives have some interest in what is happening in nonunion firms; but this writer would guess their principal interest is in what is happening in comparable unionized relationships. Second, the establishment survey is a good source of information on average hourly earnings and the like, but it is hard to believe it provides …
Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study, David Lipsky
Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study, David Lipsky
David B Lipsky
Following its decision to close four plants and transfer their operations to a new location, the General Foods Corporation offered jobs in the new plant to all 1,800 affected employees and payment of their transfer expenses. To those electing not to transfer, the Corporation offered severance pay. Less than a fourth of employees transferred to the new location. This study analyzes in detail the characteristics of the movers and nonmovers and the subsequent employment experience of the latter. It concludes that those workers who most needed the job and income protection offered by the transfer plan were least likely to …