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The Occasional Paper Series reproduces important lectures and scholarly papers sponsored by the Bridges Center during the academic year.

These papers will be made available in .PDF format shortly.

Occasional Paper Series Titles

  • Robert W. Cherny, "Harry Bridges, Labor Radicalism, and the State", Working Paper No. 1 (October 1994).
  • Bruce Nelson, "Harry Bridges, the ILWU, and Race Relations in the CIO Era", Working Paper No. 2 (June 1995).
  • Giovanni Arrighi, "Workers of the World at Century's End", Working Paper No. 3 (October 1995).
  • Jacob Vander Meulen, "West Coast Aircraft Labor and the American Military-Industrial Complex, 1935-1941", Working Paper No. 4 (August 1996).
  • Joel Rogers, "'The Folks Who Brought You the Weekend': Labor and Independent Politics", Working Paper No. 5 (July 1997).
  • Peter Lange and Lyle Scruggs, "Where Have All the Members Gone? Union Density in the Era of Globalization", Working Paper No. 6 (April 1998).
  • Michael Wallerstein, "Wage-Setting Institutions and Pay Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies", Working Paper No. 7 (May 1998).
  • Colin Gordon, "The Lost City of Solidarity: Metropolitan Unionism in Historical Perspective", Working Paper No. 8 (March 1999).
  • Jeremy Brecher, "World Crisis and Worker Response", Working Paper No. 9 (August 1999).
  • Peter Turnbull, "Contesting Globalization on the Waterfront", Working Paper No. 10 (September 1999).
  • Victoria Johnson, "The Cultural Foundation of Resources, the Resource Foundation of Political Cultures: An Explanation for the Outcomes of Two General Strikes,” Working Paper No. 11 (September 1999).
  • Sam Kagel, "The 1934 Strike: As Told by Sam Kagel, A Member of the 1934 Joint Marine Strike Committee", Working Paper No. 12 (September 1999).
  • Margaret Levi and David Olson, "Strikes! Past and Present—And the Battles in Seattle", Working Paper No. 13 (March 2000).
  • Jackie Smith, "Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements”, Working Paper No. 14 (October 2000).
  • Margaret Levi, Matthew Moe, and Theresa Buckley, "Institutionalizing Conflict: The Transaction Costs of Ameliorating Labor-Management Distrust", Working Paper No. 15 (December 2000)
  • Margaret Levi, "Inducing Preferences within Organization: The Case of Unions", Working Paper No. 16 (February 2003).