Women and labor-management conflicts in the airline industry: Implications for the future of organized labor in the United States.
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Title
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Women and labor-management conflicts in the airline industry: Implications for the future of organized labor in the United States.
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Identifier
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AAI9130293
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identifier
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9130293
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Creator
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Belcon, Patricia E. D.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Bogdan Denitch
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Date
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1991
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations | Sociology, General | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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This is a critical case study of sexism in contemporary labor-management relations in the airline industry. The airline industry is critical as a barometer for the future of American industrial relations. It is a highly capitalized, technologically sophisticated and highly unionized sector of the American economy. Most unions in the USA share problems of declining employment, continual management demands for concessions, union-busting activities and internal conflict over women and other minorities. In an environment of rapid change--a new diverse workforce, and female dominated unions with female leadership--patterms of collective bargaining and union organizing are uncertain at best. The projections of increased female membership presents unprecedented challenges. This dissertation investigates the 1986 strike by the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants at Trans-World Airlines (TWA). It is based on in-depth interviews with the strikers.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
