STRIKE INSURANCE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

The article examines the development of employers' strike insurance plans in the U.S. in 1960s. Such plans have spread to six industries: newspaper publishing, rubber, air and rail transportation, California fruit and vegetables, and Hawaiian sugar cane. The author describes the content and operation of these plans. He then deals with the legal status of strike insurance. He finds that: the plans have been upheld by federal courts or approved by a federal regulatory agency; it is difficult to assess their impact on collective bargaining; use of such plans likely will increase in the future; and a filing requirement for employer strike insurance plans should be added to the Landrum-Griffith Act.