Working Under Different Rules
Published Date
Copyright 1994
ISBN 0-87154-276-5
Working Under Different Rules assesses the decline in the well-being of American workers—evidenced by spiraling income inequality and stagnant real earnings—and compares U.S. employment and labor conditions with those of Western Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia. It analyzes the often complex interaction of market institutions, social policy, and economic results. The authors' international assessment of unions, wage setting, apprenticeship programs, welfare support, and works councils suggests alternate ways of training, paying, and empowering workers that could facilitate the growth of the American economy and better prospects for American workers.