Shostak, Arthur B.

Arthur B. Shostak was born May 11, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1958 and a Ph.D. in Industrial Sociology at Princeton University in 1961. Dr. Shostak is a Professor of Sociology at Drexel University where he teaches courses in industrial sociology, management and technology, futuristic and social implications of twentieth century technology. He also teaches as an adjunct sociologist at the AFL-CIO George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Shostak is co-editor of Blue-Collar World, (Prentice Hall, 1965); New Perspectives on Poverty, (Prentice Hall, 1968); Privilege in America: An End to Inequality?, (Prentice Hall, 1970).

In addition, he is author of Blue-Collar Life, (Random House, 1969) and Blue-Collar Stress, (Addison-Wesley, 1980). He has contributed many chapters to volumes on working-class issues. He is a consultant on futuristics to the AFL-CIO Council of Union Secretary-Treasurers and has taught for District 65 RWDU-AFL-CIO; The Steelworkers Union (Lindenhall Education Center); The Postal Workers Union; and others.

His book, The Air Controllers' Controversy-Lessons from the PATCO Strike, (Human Services Press, 1986), which he co-authored with David Skocik, an air traffic controller at New York's La Guardia airport from 1977 to 1981 and a former public relations officer for PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers organization), was based largely on the material in this collection.