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Where Have All the Manufacturing Workers Gone? Implications for Aviation
Featuring Morris M. Kleiner, Professor and AFL-CIO Chair in Labor Policy, University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs
10:00 New York | 15:00 Dublin | 22:00 Singapore

In this ISTAT Learning Lab, Morris M. Kleiner will document the decline of the manufacturing workforce relative to other sectors. Why has this occurred and what is the implication for the aviation workforce? In this session, he will discuss the results of these changes for the service sector, which has grown relative to manufacturing. In addition, Kleiner will cover the outcomes of the continued regulation of the workforce by the government. The presentation will showcase how the manufacturing workforce decline has influenced collective bargaining in aviation and the likelihood of strikes and their eventual resolution. Finally, hear Kleiner’s view on how industry, government, and unions will shape the structure of the future aviation workforce

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