Wage Compensation and Mobility Patterns Within Unionized Firms: The Role of Internal Labor Markets (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard P. Chaykowski

9780484069182: Wage Compensation and Mobility Patterns Within Unionized Firms: The Role of Internal Labor Markets (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484069187 ISBN 13: 9780484069182

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore how unions and firms shape pay and career paths within a real-world internal labor market.

This book analyzes how a unionized workplace uses a job-evaluation system to set wages and how internal ladders affect mobility and future earnings. It examines a refinery case where a two-ladder structure—Operations and Maintenance—frames promotion, transfer, and quitting decisions under collective agreement rules.

Readers will see how changes inside a firm, like higher ability requirements or more promotion slots, can shift who moves up, how quickly, and what wages look like over time. The discussion blends theory and a concrete industry example to explain short-run wage dynamics in a unionized setting.

How wage levels are tied to job content and criteria within a CWS-like evaluation system.
How internal promotion rules and ladder design influence worker mobility and wage growth.
Differences between adding new job types versus reshaping existing ones and their effects on retention and opportunities.
How tenure interacts with promotion eligibility to shape the wage- tenure profile.

Ideal for readers interested in labor economics, union theory, and the practical mechanics of internal labor markets.

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