The waterfront labor problem; a study in decasualization and unemployment insurance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Swanstrom, Edward E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, Fordham University Press [©1938]
Subjects:	Stevedores. Stevedores > New York (State) > New York. Unemployed. Unemployment insurance. Débardeurs. Débardeurs > New York (État) > New York. Chômeurs. Assurance-chômage. New York (State) > New York. Hafenarbeiter Prekariat Arbeitslosenversicherung USA

Table of Contents:

Dock laborers or longshoremen in New York
The economics of casual labor
Effect of irregularity of employment on the longshoreman and his family
Schemes for decasualization and their results
Interest of employers in the problem of decasualization
Efforts of employee groups
Effects of union activity
Unemployment insurance abroad and in the United States and whether it touches casual labor
Unemployment insurance in the states of New York, California, and Washington
The regularization of longshore labor in the port of New York.