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May 1988

How the 1980’s have changed industrial relations

Audrey Freedman

More cost-conscious management forced to respond to increased foreign competition and deregulation?has shaped fundamental changes in the labor-management relationship. The result is that compensation and employment are both more flexible and adaptive than in the 1960's and 1970's.

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