Modest labor-management bargains continue in 1984 despite the recovery, (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, January 1985

Modest labor-management bargains
continue in 1984 despite the recovery

George Ruben
Coeditor of Current Wage Developments, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Major collective bargaining agreements in the year reflect negotiators' concerns about such issues as foreign competition and domestic deregulation; also important was the continuing moderate rate of inflation.

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