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 Content
Foreword
PART ONE. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
I. The Industry and Its Organizations
II. Overview
PART TWO. EXTENT OF OPEN SHOP CONSTRUCTION
III. Residential Construction
IV. Commercial Construction
V. Industrial Construction
VI. Highway and Heavy Construction
VII. Regional Variations
VIII . The Union Reaction
PART THREE. LABOR MARKETS IN OPEN SHOP CONSTRUCTION
IX. Manpower Recruitment and Deployment
X. Manpower Training and Development
XI. Wages, Benefits, and Hours
XII. Minority Employment
PART FOUR. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
XIII. Concluding Remarks
APPENDICES
A. The Construction Industry
B. Industrial Research Unit Open Shop Construction Questionnaire
C. Nonunion Construction Study Interview Schedule
Index
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