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Labor Relations
For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses. Learn How Unions and Management Deal with One Another During the Negotiating Process In the best-selling text, Labor Relations (Rental), Sloane/Witney provide readers with a basic understanding of unionism. In this T hirteenth Edition, chapters have been streamlined to make room for numerous additions and visual aids, addressing a number of new issues and legislation that have arisen in the last few years. Discussions of Wal-Mart, bargaining, two-tier wage systems, pensions and retirement plans, and a host of other topics have been expanded as well.

Labor Relations 13th Table of contents:

 Part I: Setting the Stage
Chapter 1 Organized Labor and the Management Community: An Overview
The Staying Power of Unions
The State of the Unions Today
The Broad Statistics
The Concentration of Unionism
The Importance of Blue-Collar Workers to Unions
White-Collar Employees
Labor’s Primary Cause for Concern
Some Probable Explanations
Unions and the Media
Union Leadership
Unique General Properties of White-Collar Workers
Some Grounds for Union Optimism
Union Economic Gains
New Types of Union Members
New Leadership
Changing White-Collar Employee Working Conditions
Labor’s Present Strategic Power
Why Workers Join Unions
Physiological Needs
Safety Needs
Social Needs
Higher Needs
Why Managers Resist Unions
Labor Relations Consultants
Labor Relations in the Public Sector
The Growth of Public-Sector Unionism: Some Explanations
Legal Developments
The Lag of the Remuneration Package
The Spirit of the Times
Other Possible Explanations
The Public-Employee Unionist: The Strike Issue
Arguments Regarding the Right to Strike
Public Employees and Harder Times
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
The White-Collar Union Organizer
An Overture from a Business Agent
Part II: The Environmental Framework
Chapter 2 The Historical Framework
The Eighteenth Century: Genesis of the American Labor Movement
The First Unions and Their Limited Successes
Revival, Innovation, and Disillusionment
Laying the Foundation for Modern Unionism and Some Mixed Performances
The Rise and Fall of the Knights of Labor
The Formation of the AFL and Its Realistic Master Plan
The Early Years of the AFL and Some Mixed Results
Wartime Gains and Peacetime Losses
The great Depression and the AFL’s Resurgence in Spite of Itself
The Norris–LaGuardia Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act
The Wagner Act
The CIO’s Challenge to the AFL
World War II
Public Reaction and Private Merger
The Enactment of the Taft-Hartley
Prelude to the Merger
Organized Labor since the Merger
The Elusive White-Collar Sector
Labor and Public Opinion
Union Excesses
Restrictive Legislation
More Responsible Employee Relations
AFL-CIO Leadership Prior to 1995
John J. Sweeny and a New Leadership Aggressiveness
The Rise of a New Rivalry
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
The Frustrated Labor Historian
A Vote of No Confidence
Chapter 3 The Legal Framework
The Era of Judicial Control
The Norris–LaGuardia Act of 1932
The Wagner Act of 1935
Employer Unfair Labor Practices
Employee Representation Elections
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Unfair Union Labor Practices
The Rights of Employees as Individuals
Right-to-Work Legislation
Direct Presentation of Grievances
Restricted Dues Checkoff
Other Employee Rights
The Rights of Employers
National Emergency Strikes
Other Taft-Hartley Provisions
Coverage of Heath-Care Workers
Administration Changes in the Law
The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959
Landrum-Griffin’s “Bill of Rights”
Union Election Provisions
Trusteeship Provisions
Union Officer Qualification Provisions
Financial Requirements
Provisions Relating to Employer Activities
Public Policy in Recent Years
The Thrust of the NLRB in the 1980s and Early 1990s
The Gould Era
The Last Years of the Clinton Board
Other Labor Victories
The Advent of Another Republican President
Permanent Replacement for Strikers: Another Worry for Labor
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
A Question of Definition
Alleged Union Paranoia
Chapter 4 Union Behavior: Structure, Government, and Operation
The AFL-CIO
Relationship to National Unions
Merger of AFL-CIO Affiliates
Enforcement of Federation Rules
Advantages of Affiliation
Structure and Government of the AFL-CIO
State and Substate Bodies
Functions and Problems of the Federation
Change to Win
The National Union
Relationship to Locals
Service in Collective Bargaining
The Regional or District Office
Multiemployer Bargaining
Additional National Union Services
Other Functions of the National Union
Government of the National Union
National Union Officers
The Local Union
Where the People Are
Local Union Officers
Functions of the Local Union: Relations with Management
Judicial Procedures
Political Activities
Other Functions and Problems
Union Finances
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
Higher Pay for National Union Presidents
Qualifications for Union Office
Part III: Collective Bargaining
Chapter 5 At the Bargaining Table
Preparation for Negotiations
The Growing Complexities of Contracts
Sources of Information
Other Prerequisitions for Bargaining
The Bargaining Process: Early Stages
The Bargaining Process: Later Stages
Trading Points and Counterproposals
Costing Out the Contractual Changes
The Bargaining Process: Final Stages
The Strike Deadline
Why Strikes Occur at All
Crisis Situations
Bypassing the Difficult Issues
Human Relations Mistakes
The Advance Framing of Alternatives
Joint Study Groups
Mediation
Testing and Proofreading
Coordinated Bargaining, Multinationals, and Unions in Other Countries
Boulwarism: A Different Way of Doing Things
Some Further Complexities
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
Trying to Strike a Balance
Chapter 6 Grievances and Arbitration
Grievance Procedure
Grievances Illustrated
Grievance Procedure: Its Flexibility
Grievance Procedure and Harmonious Labor Relations
Arbitration
Growth of Arbitration
The Trilogy Cases
Post-Trilogy Developments
Characteristics of Arbitration
Limitations to Arbitration
Arbitration Hearings
Responsibilities of the Arbitrator
Ethical Considerations
Past Practice
“Fairness”
Other Responsibilities of Arbitrators
Awards and Opinions
The Arbitrator as Scapegoat
The Years Ahead
Selection of the Arbitrator
Permanent Versus Ad Hoc Arbitrators
Arbitration Costs and Time Lag
Mini-Arbitration
Grievance Mediation
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
A Dissenting View Regarding Arbitration
An Embarrassing Incident for the Arbitrator
Chapter 7 Wage Issues under Collective Bargaining
Determination of the Basic Wage Rate
Comparative Norm
Other Factors Regarding the Use of the Comparative Norm
Ability to Pay
Other Ability-to-Pay Considerations
Cost of Living
Escalator Clauses
How Escalators Work
Wage Reopeners
Wage and Price Controls
Wage Differentials
Overtime and Flextime
Overtime
Flextime
Job Evaluation and Job Comparison
Job Evaluation
Job Comparison
Concessionary Bargaining
Two-Tier Wage Systems
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
Dispensation
An Employee Refusal to Work Overtime
Chapter 8 Economic Supplements under Collective Bargaining
Pension and Retirement Plans
Major Pension Features
Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings Plans
Vacations with Pay
Holidays with Pay
Negotiated Heath-Insurance Plans
Dismissal Pay
Reporting Pay
Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plans
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
The Case of Henry Jennings
The Case of Timmy Aldrich
Chapter 9 Institutional Issues under Collective Bargaining
Union Membership as a Condition of Employment
Forms of Union Security
Right-to-Work Laws
The Checkoff
Union Obligations
Wildcat Strikes
Other Strike Considerations
Other Union Obligations and Constraints
Managerial Prerogatives
The Residual Theory of Management Rights
The Trusteeship Theory of Management Rights
Codetermination and Unions in the Boardroom
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Quality of Work Life Programs
Saturn’s Ambitious QWL Program
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
A Question of Freedom
An Original Proposal
Chapter 10 Administrative Issues under Collective Bargaining
Seniority
Units for Seniority
Limitations on Seniority
Seniority in Transfers
Exceptions to the Seniority System
An Overall Evaluation
Seniority versus Affirmative Action
Supreme Court Decisions in the 1980s
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 and a 1995 Supreme Court Ruling
Seniority and Disability Rights
Discharge and Discipline
The Need for Proof
The Need for Meaningful Communication
Mitigating Circumstances
Safety and Health of Employees
The Occupational Safety and Health Act and Its Consequences to Date
Criticisms of OSHA
A More Aggressive Approach
Some Mixed Results
Labor Activities Regarding Safety and Health
Production Standards and Staffing
Technological Change
The Threat to Jobs
Union-Sought Avenues for Cushioning the employment impact of Technological Change
Plant Closings
Some Concluding Thoughts
Minicases
The Dangerous Knife
Vocal Criticism by an Employee
Part IV: Arbitration Cases
Case 1 A Loaded Handgun and Suspected Cocaine in Her Purse
Case 2 Fighting on the Employer’s Premises
Case 3 Abusive Language Toward a Supervisor
Case 4 Overlooked for an Unanticipated Vacancy
Case 5 Employees on Medical Leave
Case 6 Blame for a Major Accident
Case 7 Subcontracting of a Packaging Line Installation
Case 8 Discharge for Fraud
Case 9 “Continuity of Skills”
Case 10 An Antinepotism Policy
Case 11 A Laid-off Glass Worker
Case 12 Alleged Insubordination
Case 13 A Laid-off Senior Employee
Case 14 The Creative Reporter
Case 15 Ten Days to Learn
Case 16 The Discharge of Matthew B. Flynn
Appendix: Mock Negotiation Problem

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