Welfare and Strikes : : The Use of Public Funds to Support Strikers / / Ronald M. Cowin, Armand J. Thieblot, Jr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jr., Armand J. Thieblot,,; Cowin, Ronald M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1972]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 1972
• Language: English
• Series: LABOR RELATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY SERIES ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Part one. Introduction -- Chapter I. Tax Supported Programs Available for Strikers -- Chapter II. Collective Bargaining Theory and the Role of the Strike -- Part two. The Empirical Evidence -- Chapter III. From Occasional Use to Commonplace Occurrence -- Chapter IV. Westinghouse Strike, Lester, Pennsylvania August 28, 1970 to January 25, 1971 -- Chapter V. General Motors Strike September 14—November 12, 1970 -- Chapter VI. The Prevalence of the Practice — Some Case Illustrations -- Part three. Analysis, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- Chapter VII. Cost Estimates and Possible Benefits -- Chapter VIII. Do Strikers Have a "Right" to Welfare? -- Chapter IX. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A. Major Assistance Programs -- Appendix Β. Union Strike Assistance Documents -- Index