About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

LOG IN
LOG IN


99 Monthly Lab. Rev. 1 (1976)

handle is hein.journals/month99 and id is 1 raw text is: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW JANUARY 1976 VOLUME 99, NUMBER 1 Henry Lowenstern, Editor-in-Chief Robert W. Fisher, Executive Editor LABOR YEAR IN REVIEW Catherine C. Define 3 Deborah T. Bond 17 A. S. Hribal, G. M. Minor 30 Joseph A. Hickey 37 Peter Kuhmerker 42 Janice Neipert Hedges 49 Elvis C. Stephens Carl Barsky Philip M. Doyle Labor and the economy during 1975 The Nation experienced a severe economic downturn, but inflation, double-digit in 1974, ebbed State labor legislation enacted in 1975 Virginia became the 43d jurisdiction to pass a minimum wage law as 17 others strengthened such protection Workers' compensation-1975 enactments Some States made substantial progress toward meeting Federal standards for coverage, benefits, and program administration Unemployment insurance--State changes in 1975 As joblessness increased sharply, States Improved or extended benefits as emergency U.S. legislation was enacted OTHER ARTICLES Scheduled wage increases and escalator provisions in 1976 The average deferred wage increase will be 5.4 percent, with cost-of-living reviews scheduled for at least 4.6 'million workers Youth unemployment in the 1974-75 recession As unemployment spread among workers age 16-24 years, the rate of increase was greatest for men in their twenties COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS Resolution of impasses in public employee bargaining Union wage trends in building trades Wages of communications workers double in decade DEPARTMENTS Labor month in review Communications Research summaries Foreign labor developments Significant decisions in labor cases Major agreements expiring next month Developments in industrial relations Book reviews and notes Current labor statistics -