union premium narrows

[Michael Perelman]

The other factor would be the outsourcing of high wage union labor --
auto parts, plane parts.  Then too, the economist is correct: if you
unionize janitors instead of engineers, the premium would be lower.  The
Boeing strike showed that the unions could appeal to the higher waged
workers, but I don't believe that they have done a good job in that
respect.  I guess they would rather court Clinton/Gore.

Doug Henwood wrote:


> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:
>
> >Would this narrowing be common during an uspurge in employment?
>
> Probably, but the article said the trend's been going since 1982.
>
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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