The Boston Longshoremen's Strike of 1931: A Conflict Over the Weight of the Sling Load

Francis McLaughlin ()
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No 402, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: In the winter of 1931, in the depth of the Great Depression, and under extremely adverse circumstances Boston longshoremen engaged in, and endured, a long and bitter strike because of a fundamental disagreement with their employers about what constituted a reasonable pace of work. This account of that strike illustrates the enduring need in a rational industrial relations system for institutional means for resolving fairly, unavoidable differences between employers and employees about the concrete meaning of distributive justice.

Pages: 15 pages
Date: 1998-02
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Forthcoming, Historical Journal of Massachusetts

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