Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1988
Journal or Book Title
Transportation Quarterly
Volume
42
Issue
3
First Page
359
Last Page
375
Abstract
Historically, labor costs have represented the largest cost component of the transportation industry. The industry is heavily unionized, and transport workers generally receive higher wages than the average industrial worker. Under federal economic regulation, carriers had little incentive to bargain hard to keep labor costs low. Restrictive entry policies and collective ratemaking resulted in near-uniform pricing among competitors. Increased labor costs were merely passed on to the consumers of transport services.
Copyright Owner
Eno Foundation for Transportation, Inc.
Copyright Date
1988
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
17 p.
Recommended Citation
Curtis, Ellen F. and Crum, Michael R., "Transportation Labor Relations: Contemporary Developments, Challenges, and Strategies" (1988). Supply Chain and Information Systems Publications. 13.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/scm_pubs/13
Comments
This article is from Transportation Quarterly 42, no. 3 (1988): 359–375. Posted with permission.