Conference proceeding
Industrial Sociology and Post-Strike Research: Neglected Material of Consequence
American Sociological Association
01 Jan 1986
Abstract
The 1981 strike of 11,500 air traffic controllers made labor relations history in many regards, & the controversy remains an on-going, open-ended one. Among the union's major challenges were three of a distinctly sociological character: (1) how to define the content of "solidarity," when a possibility arose of regaining jobs for some, but not all, of the strikers; (2) how to control the behavior of exstrikers who, after reinstatement, might feel tempted to retaliate against nonstrikers; & (3) how to counsel former controllers on recovering from the apparent loss of the strike & their careers. In such matters, the services of industrial sociologists might help; it would be well for unions & interested sociologists to address these matters at the earliest possible opportunity. Techniques are reviewed toward this end, & the neglected challenge of poststrike dilemmas is nominated for remedial attention by sociologists here & abroad.
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- Title
- Industrial Sociology and Post-Strike Research: Neglected Material of Consequence
- Creators
- Arthur ShostakDave Skocik
- Publication Details
- American Sociological Association
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology; Culture and Communication [Historical]
- Identifiers
- 991020705485404721