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"Fighting for Our Share of the American Pie.".
- Source :
- Labor Studies Journal; Mar2007, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p82-95, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This article analyzes the 1985 Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel strike and places it in the context of the declining American steel industry and deteriorating relationship between the steel companies and the United Steelworkers of America. Within the hostile 1980s economic and political climate, steelworkers at Wheeling-Pin unleashed a repertoire of bargaining tactics that would help them achieve at least some of their demands while preventing the company's liquidation. Besides exploring the reasons why steelworkers struck a bankrupt company and how they secured their demands, the article demonstrates how the strike offered new strategies for negotiating with capital at a time when unions' options were severely limited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LABOR
STEEL industry strikes
STEEL industry
DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
PLANT shutdowns
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0160449X
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Labor Studies Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25440287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X07299450