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The possibility exists that a labor union within the military services of the United States could become a reality with the advent of an all-volunteer armed force. The actual probability of such an event being indeterminant at this time, the situation should be closely studied to determine the advantages and disadvantages of military unionization are presented along with the possible limitations on a military union should it become a reality. Two military unions operating with some degree of success in West Germany and Norway, respectively, are analyzed. Limitations common to both the Norwegian and West German unions are discussed to determine their possible applicability to the armed forces of the United States.
The biggest labor union growth in recent years has been in the public sector of the United States economy. The traditional boundary for union activity in the public secotr has been the military. Even this boundary has been crossed in a number of foreign countries. There currently exists in the United States an extreme shortage of available information concerning military unions. Specifically, there is little information concerning organization, operation, advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of foreign military unions. The organization and operation of the present military unions of Austria, Denmark, and Sweden were analyzed to determine their advantages, disadvantages, and limitations. (Author).
Richard Bartle and Lindy Heinecken are acknowledged experts in this area and they bring together a contemporary collection of papers from leading authorities in 12 countries.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This study of US military benefits “offers a disturbing view of the armed forces as a high-value target in political clashes over public assistance” (The Nation). Since the end of the draft, the U.S. Army has prided itself on its patriotic volunteers who heed the call to “Be All That You Can Be.” But beneath the recruitment slogans, the army promised volunteers something more tangible: a social safety net including medical care, education, housing assistance, legal services, and other privileges that had long been reserved for career soldiers. The Rise of the Military Welfare State examines how the U.S. Army’s extension of benefits to enlisted men and women created a military welfa...
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