Labor-Management Relations in a Changing Environment

Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of labor management relations with a substantial portion devoted to economic issues and analysis in the labor field. Partial table of contents:

THE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN LABOR RELATIONS.

The Historical Development of the American Labor Movement.

Labor and Employment Law.

Union Structure and Government.

UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Collective Bargaining: The Process.

Wages and Collective Bargaining.

Collective Bargaining for Economic Supplements.

Institutional Issues in Collective Bargaining.

LABOR DISPUTES AND THEIR RESOLUTION.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques.

The Strike.

UNIONIZATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

Public Sector Unionism: The Federal Government.

Public Sector Unionism: State and Local Government.

THE SCOPE AND FUTURE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

Current Issues, Future Concerns.

Appendix.

Index.

Michael Ballot is the author of Labor-Management Relations in a Changing Environment, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. An exciting software simulation allows students to manage real negotiations! Also available with the text is The Negotiating Exercise, a comprehensive, hands-on simulation in which students assume the roles of union and management team members in collective bargaining for a new contract! Students will engage in a real-life bargaining scenario as they manage negotiations for a fictitious company and union. Using the theories of labor and union-management relations, students will work together formulating agendas, strategies, and contract changes that they can agree upon. The software provides the tools students need to start negotiating including:

• Coverage of the process of developing bargaining objectives and strategies to provide a firm starting point for negotiation
• Background information of the company, the union, and their relationship, as well as important statistical "information", to create an atmosphere similar to real negotiations
• Forms that can be used for agendas, planning strategies, and working out necessary changes
• Suggested negotiating format and general guidelines for conducting the exercise that can be altered to suit the needs of the course and students
• A detailed, current collective bargaining contract to serve as a realistic guide for learning
• Arbitration cases are also included for students, creating yet more hands-on experience in labor-management relations