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Peer reviewedMaurizi, Alex – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Uses a simple investment model to show that apprenticeship programs have been made unnecessarily long by organized labor. (BH)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Minority Groups
Peer reviewedStrauss, George; Maurizi, Alex – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1973
Continuing comment on Maurizi's January 1972 article, with his response. (MS)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Construction Industry, Ethnic Studies
Peer reviewedAllen, Steven G. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1986
Examines the difference in productivity between union and nonunion contractors in the construction industry within two samples, one of 83 commercial office buildings completed in 1973-1974 and the other of 68 elementary and secondary schools completed in 1972. The analysis includes controls for differences in capital-labor ratios, observable labor…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction Industry, Offices (Facilities), Productivity
Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald; Goldberg, Steven – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1977
Salary data for 670 local building trades unions indicates that the salaries of local union business agents are related to the members' salaries and to the business agents' bargaining performance. Findings are related to other public and private organizations. (MF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Building Trades, Collective Bargaining, Organizational Effectiveness
Peer reviewedFoster, Howard G. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1973
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction Industry, Employment Practices, Fringe Benefits
Peer reviewedFranklin, William S. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1973
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Comparative Analysis, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedGustman, Alan L.; Segal, Martin – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
This study focused on the influence exerted by market forces and by the economic and institutional characteristics of the building construction industry. The results indicate that shortrun fluctuations can be attributed to changes in the labor market which systematically affect bargaining positions and thence wage policies and the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Business Cycles, Collective Bargaining, Construction Industry
