In my 1996 law review article on “replacement lockouts”— an employer practice of refusing work to employees because they did not agree to a contract proposal, and then hiring replacements for them— I concluded: “If the government allows employers to exploit this imbalance to the extent that labor markets permit, then the institution of collective bargaining is consigned to a bleak future…. [This]raises troubling questions about what institution will mediate the widening gulf between employers who seek to maximize profits, and employees who confront fiercely competitive labor markets that compel them to work harder and longer, but for less pay and less security.” And now, in 2015, steel companies are locking out workers and replacing them. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story, and my interview, are here: http://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2015/08/23/Stroms-replacement-workers-often-displace-union-force-Allegheny-Technologies/stories/201508210104 My law review article on lockouts is here: http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1629&context=law_lawreview .
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