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The anatomy of trade union benefits in the 1960's
Author(s) -
Marsh Arthur,
Cope Peter
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1970.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - earnings , economics , wage , unemployment , trade union , labour economics , demographic economics , finance , economic growth
Pre‐1914, average union expenditure per head on benefits almost equalled the average wage; today it is only one‐twentieth of average earnings. In analysing the trends in benefit patterns, the authors discuss such factors as the low level of expenditure on unemployment benefit, the rising trend of dispute benefit in the 1960's, the run down of superannuation benefits, and the increase in expenditure on sickness and accident, and the increase in contributions to educational programmes. They also consider probable future developments.