Airline Labor Relations in the Global Era: The New Frontier

By: Cappelli, Peter

Book Overview

Financial crises and organizational change have buffeted the airline industry since dregulation in 1978. Nevertheless, unions within the industry have managed to retain or even increase their power. How have these unions remained effective at a time when the influence of unions in other, more stable industries has eroded? What implications does the experience of airline unions have for organized labor in other industries? To address these questions, contributors to this volume examine programs that have fostered cooperative labor relations. These include programs undertaken in the mid-1980s at Western and Eastern Airlines, efforts at Northwest that led the employees to become major shareholders and placed union leaders on the board of directors, and the new governance arrangements at TWA. Other contributors analyze the impact of globalization on airline industrial relations, seen by some as the industry's most pressing challenge. In addition to scholars, airline analysts, and lawyers specializing in labor relations, the contributors include individuals who have worked with the Air Line Pilots Association, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, the Machinists Union, Northwest Airlines, TWA, and United Airlines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875463444
• ISBN13: 9780875463445
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"