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

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  • Francis McLaughlin

    (Boston College)

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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.

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  • Francis McLaughlin, 1998. "The Boston Longshoremen's Strike of 1931: A Conflict Over the Weight of the Sling Load," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 402, Boston College Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocoec:402
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