During the early 70s, we used to go to a wonderful vegetarian restaurant
on Folsom or Howard in San Francisco. The people were spiritual. They
required absolute silence and only charged a dollar or two for the meal.
It was shut down after the owners were found to have subsidized their
G'day Michael,
I used the term postmodernism to reflect the wierd sort of splitting up
of broad political groupings in unexpected ways.
Yeah, you did - but I'm not sure it's that weird in a world where PR so
deeply penetrates public communications (you have be time-rich or
professionally
I used the term postmodernism to reflect the wierd sort of splitting up
of broad political groupings in unexpected ways.
Maybe someone with a better sense of history than I have can tell me if
World War I was the only event that caused this sort of splitting and
fragmentation of political
At 08:33 PM 6/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
I'd like to agree with Ellen's comments and just add that during the Reagan
years much of the heart of protective legislation for labor was decimated.
For instance, many OSHA regulations were quietly taken off the books.
Example: businesses are still
In a message dated 97-06-11 12:31:30 EDT, you write:
I'd like to suggest again that you not ignore the law and its impact
here. David Montgomery's book, Citizen Worker, reviews how the law was
enforced by the courts to weaken any rights workers had to act
collectively. At the same time the
Ellen Dannin wrote:
I'd like to suggest again that you not ignore the law and its impact
here. David Montgomery's book, Citizen Worker, reviews how the law was
enforced by the courts to weaken any rights workers had to act
collectively. At the same time the corporate form was being given the
Ellen Dannin wrote:
I'd like to suggest again that you not ignore the law and its impact
here. David Montgomery's book, Citizen Worker, reviews how the law was
enforced by the courts to weaken any rights workers had to act
collectively. At the same time the corporate form was being given the
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Michael Perelman wrote:
James Devine wrote:
Michael Perelman asks if labor has ever been so weak with such low
unemployment rates ("tight" labor markets). I'd say yes. The 1920s was a
period of labor weakness, but low U rates:
Jim D. correctly notes that union
James Devine wrote:
Michael Perelman asks if labor has ever been so weak with such low
unemployment rates ("tight" labor markets). I'd say yes. The 1920s was a
period of labor weakness, but low U rates:
Jim D. correctly notes that union participation was low in the 1920s.
In part, that
One thing that seems to be affecting union power and thus the
attractiveness of unions to members has been the expansion of the legal
doctrine which allows employers to implement their final offers upon
reaching impasse. Beginning in the mid-1980's the NLRB became
increasingly willing to find
FYI: I don't have the unemployment rates for the corresponding years, but
for the years of Welfare Capitalism and the American Plan cited by Jim
Devine, you can see that 1929 comes closest to what we experience today
(private sector union membership density in 1995 was 10.3%).
Union density (%
Michael Perelman asks if labor has ever been so weak with such low
unemployment rates ("tight" labor markets). I'd say yes. The 1920s was a
period of labor weakness, but low U rates:
192111.7%
1922 6.7
1923 2.4
1924 5.0
1925 3.2
1926 1.8
1927 3.3
1928 4.2
Has labor ever been this weak with labor markets this tight?
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 916-898-5321
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