CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT: LABOR/MANAGEMENT ISSUES
This research examined labor-management issues affecting the Fire Department of the City of Chicago. These problems were grouped into issues concerning the control of work, affirmative action, and dispute resolution.
With the advent of fiscal restraint at the level of municipal government, the issue of the control of the work place has emerged as a point of contention between management and workers at the Fire Department of the City of Chicago. A differentiation may be made between the "workers control movement" and the "labor movement" in the United States. The differentiation is important, because of the attempts in the United States to control the content and process of work. In the conflict between "management rights" and "union rights," the concept of workers' control is often completely ignored.
The demographics of the City of Chicago have changed dramatically over the past two decades. One consequence of this change has been an increasing demand for diversity within the Chicago Fire Department. Diversity in this context refers to ethnic and gender differences. The issue of diversity in municipal government employment is related directly to the Affirmative Action law.
A significant issue at the Chicago Fire Department involves conflict between management and workers. An equally important issue is the approach to resolving such conflict.
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT: LABOR/MANAGEMENT ISSUES
This research examines labor-management issues affecting the Fire Department of the City of Chicago. These problems may be grouped into issues concerning the control of work, affirmative action, and dispute resolution.
With the advent of fiscal restraint at the level of municipal government, the issue of the control of the work place has emerged as a point of contention between management and workers at the Fire Department of the City of Chicago. A differentiation may be...