Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

11. The problem of adjusting wages to prices. (Bloomfield, Selected Articles on Problems of Labor, pages 56-75.)

12. Reducing the labor turnover. (Annals, vol. ixxi, pages 1-81.)

13. Scientific management. (Any standard text on labor problems. See also Hoxie, Scientific Management and Labor.)

14. Incorporation of the trade union. (Bloomfield, Selected Articles on Problems of Labor, pages 262-267. Commons, Trade Unionism and Labor Problems, chapter vi.)

15. Employers' associations. (Any standard text on labor problems.)

16. Principles of industrial relations, as formulated by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. (Write to the Chamber's headquarters, Washington, D. C., for copies. Also reprinted in Edie, Current Social and Industrial Forces, pages 346-381.)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

17. Closed shop versus open shop.

18. Should trade unions be obliged to incorporate?

19. To what extent does compulsory arbitration constitute an unwarranted interference in private business?