Swings and Misses: Moribund Labor Relations in Professional Baseball

by Kenneth M. Jennings

Overview

In this follow-up to Balls and Strikes: The Money Game in Professional Baseball (Praeger, 1990), Jennings examines the state of professional baseball's labor relations during a nearly 25 year period, focusing on the background and the outcome of the 1994 baseball strike. Jennings concludes by suggesting ways to improve future labor relations in the sport.

While the entire professional sports industry generates less revenue than sales of Fruit of the Loom underwear, a lengthy strike in professional baseball assures a national notoriety far beyond its economic impact. When the 1994 strike was underway, scores of members of Congress were involved in related investigations and legislation, while President Clinton invoked the public interest in his efforts to resolve the dispute.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275957971
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/16/1997
Series:	Contributions in Women's Studies; 160
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

KENNETH M. JENNINGS is Richard deRaismes Kip Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of North Florida. He is a recognized authority on labor relations whose earlier publications include Labor Relations at the New York Daily News (1993), Balls and Strikes: The Money Game in Professional Baseball (1990), and Labor Management Cooperation (1986), all published by Praeger.

Table of Contents

Preface
Collective Bargaining Experiences and Results, 1966-1990
Owners' Economic Concerns Affecting the 1993-1996 Negotiations
Owners' Organizational Frictions Affecting Current Labor Relations: From Steinbrenner to Vincent to Schott
Bargaining Precursors and Dormancy Through the 1994 World Series Cancellation
Non-Productive Collective Bargaining After the World Series Cancellation Until the 1995 Spring Training Season
Labor Relations Developments from the 1995 Spring Training Until Judge Sotomayor's Decision
Vanishing Labor-Management Relationships Through the Remainder of 1995
Management-Labor Ambivalence During the First Eight Months of 1996
Lethargy, Yet Eventual Settlement
Summary, Possible Implications, and Prospects
Appendix: Chronology of Events in Baseball's Labor Relations Activities, 1992-1996
Baseball Bibliographic Note
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A sequel to Jennings' 1990 "Balls and Strikes: The Money Game in Professional Baseball", in which he briefly reviews labor relations in the baseball industry over the past 25 years, then focuses on the background and outcome of the 1994 strike. He suggests improvements in how players and owners deal with each other. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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