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Hinton, Peter

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02262.x

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“…In conflict with union constitutions, they also assumed powers to negotiate with employers and initiate disputes. 15 By thus eroding boundaries of craft and skill and giving the rank and file some independence from sectional union authority, joint organization offered a potential base for the united pursuit of workers' control. The distinctive strengths and limits of solidary organization form the essential background to wartime factory politics and reflect the interacting influences of the labor process, union policy, and industrial relations.…”

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Factory Politics in Britain and the United States: Engineers and Machinists, 1914–1919

Haydu

1985

Comp Stud Soc Hist

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The priorities of British and American trade unions center predominantly on the economic rewards received by union members. Collective bargaining and strikes typically focus on how much employers must pay for labor (in wages, pensions, and other benefits) rather than on how the labor, once purchased, may be used. Basic decisions regarding the organization of production are not considered by most unionists as legitimate issues for negotiation. Disputes over working conditions do arise, of course, but rarely concern securing for labor the rights of management. They involve instead efforts to protect jobs and work practices from encroachment by employers or poaching by other unions. In short, labor's goals are largely economistic, defensive, and sectional.

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confidence: 99%