It's a Long Slog to a Union Contract

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 2-2
Keyword(s):  
Union Contract

The Mandatory-Permissive Distinction and Collective Bargaining Outcomes

ILR Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 566-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Thomas Delaney ◽  
Donna Sockell
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Union Contract

The authors use union contract and laboratory experiment data to assess whether the distinction between mandatory and permissive bargaining subjects affects collective bargaining outcomes. In general, the findings suggest that the distinction has an impact. The contract analysis suggests that bargaining differs across contracts that include permissive items and contracts that exclude permissive items. Further, an analysis of the potential impact of the distinction in a controlled setting indicates that unions negotiate less favorable nonwage bargaining outcomes when an issue's legal status is permissive or unknown than when it is mandatory.

Living With a Union Contract

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 611-614
Author(s):  
Harriet Forman ◽  
Thomas C. Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Union Contract

The Degree of Indexation in Major U.S. Union Contracts

ILR Review ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger T. Kaufman ◽  
Geoffrey Woglom
Keyword(s):  
Price Level ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Average Degree ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
Union Contract

The authors propose that the most appropriate measure of the degree of indexation in a union contract is the marginal elasticity of the average expected wage during the life of the contract with respect to unanticipated changes in the price level. They present estimates of this elasticity for 68 U.S. contracts negotiated between 1971 and 1983 with cost-of-living escalators. The average degree of indexation in the sample, .48, is considerably smaller than previous estimates of similar marginal elasticities because the estimation method more accurately incorporates caps, minimum COLAs, and the exact specification of the COLA clauses.

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