Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

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This comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to collective bargaining and labor relations with a focus on developments in the United States. It is appropriate for students, policy analysts, and labor relations professionals including unionists, managers, and neutrals. A three-tiered strategic choice framework unifies the text, and the authors' thorough grounding in labor history and labor law assists students in learning the basics. In addition to traditional labor relations, the authors address emerging forms of collective representation and movements that address income inequality in novel ways.Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin provide numerous contemporary illustrations of business and union strategies. They consider the processes of contract negotiation and contract administration with frequent comparisons to nonunion practices and developments, and a full chapter is devoted to special aspects of the public sector. An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations has an international scope, covering labor rights issues associated with the global supply chain as well as the growing influence of NGOs and cross-national unionism. The authors also compare how labor relations systems in Germany, Japan, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa compare to practices in the United States.The textbook is supplemented by a website (ilr.cornell.edu/scheinman-institute) that features an extensive Instructor's Manual with a test bank, PowerPoint chapter outlines, mock bargaining exercises, organizing cases, grievance cases, and classroom-ready current events materials.

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Employabilité, métiers et formations

USA

Industrial relations

États-Unis

Labour

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 septembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501713880
Langue	English
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An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Harry C.zt,aKThomas A.,nahcoKandAlexander J. S.lvCoin

An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

ILR Pressan imprint ofCornell University PressIthaca and London

FI FTH E DITION

Allrightsreserved.Exceptforbriefquotationsinareview,thisbook,orparts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.

First published 2017byCornell University PressPrinted in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names:Katz, Harry C.(Harry Charles), 1951 author. |Kochan, Thomas A., author. |Colvin, Alexander James, author.Title:AnintroductiontoU.S.collectivebargainingandlaborrelations/Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J.S. Colvin. Othertitles:Introductiontocollectivebargainingandindustrialrelations | Introduction to US collective bargaining and labor relations Description:Fifthedition.|Ithaca:ILRPress,animprintofCornellUniversity Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Identiers: LCCN 2017015903 (print) | LCCN 2017020593 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501713897 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501713880(pdf) | ISBN 9781501713866(cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501713873(pbk : alk. paper)Subjects:LCSH:Collectivebargaining.|Industrialrelations.|CollectivebargainingUnited States. | Industrial relationsUnited States. Classication:LCCHD6971.5(ebook)|LCCHD6971.5.K382017(print) | DDC 331.890973dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017015903

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Contents

PrefaceviiAcknowledgmentsxiList of Abbreviationsxiii

PART IIntroduction1.A Framework for Analyzing Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations32.The Historical Evolution of the U.S. Labor Relations System203.The Law and Legal Systems554.The Role of the Labor Relations Environment89

PART IIThe Strategic Level of Labor Relations and Structures for Collective Bargaining5.Management Strategies and Structures for Collective Bargaining1156.Union Strategies and Structures for Representing Workers129

PART IIIThe Functional Level of Labor Relations7.Union Organizing and Bargaining Structures8.The Negotiations Process and Strikes1919.Dispute Resolution Procedures23210.Contract Terms and Employment Outcomes

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PART IVThe Workplace Level of Labor Relations11.Workplace Labor Relations27712.Conict Resolution at the Workplace292

PART VSpecial Topics13.Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector33114.Global Pressures: Multinational Employers, International Unionism, and NGOs35615.Labor Relations in Other Countries38416.The Future of U.S. Labor Policy and Labor Relations409

Glossary435About the Authors457Name Index459Subject Index461

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Preface

This book provides an introduction to collective bargaining and labor relations with a focus on developments in the United States. It is appropriate for students and labor relations professionals, including unionists, managers, and neutrals. The strength of this text lies in its logical coherence and its comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments.

KEY FEATURES

A threetiered strategic choice framework that guides the text in a uniﬁed manner (presented in Chapter 1).A thorough grounding in labor history (Chapter 2) and labor law (Chapter 3).Coverage of living wage and minimum wage campaigns and other emerging forms of collective representation that are addressing income inequality in new ways (see especially Chapter 7).An examination of the inﬂuence of business and union strategies (Chapters 5and 6) with numerous contemporary illustrations of how those strategies affect collective representation.Consideration of the processes of contract negotiation (Chapters 8and 9) and contract administration (Chapter 11), with frequent comparisons to nonunion practices and developments.Examination of the special aspects of collective bargaining in the public sector (Chapter 13).A look at global issues throughout the text and in a separate chapter on international issues (Chapter 14) and a chapter on labor relations in other countries (Chapter 15). Chapter 14analyzes the labor relations issues mul tinational corporations face, including labor rights issues associated with global supply chains. Chapter 14also analyzes the growing inﬂuence of NGOs and crossnational unionism.

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A look at how labor relations systems in Germany and Japan and four key transitioning countries (China, India, Brazil, and South Africa) compare to practices in the United States (Chapter 15).Boldface key terms in the text and a glossary that deﬁnes the terms.URLs for related websites at the end of the chapters.The textbook is supplemented by an instructor’s website resource, which includes an extensive instructor’s manual with a test bank, PowerPoint chapter outlines, mock bargaining exercises, organizing cases, grievance cases, and classroomready current events materials. The website also includes support materials for mock bargaining that help students engage in contract costing and ﬁnancial forecasting.

CENTRAL THEMES AND TEXT ORGANIZATION Thetextfollowsastrategicchoiceframeworkthathasthreetiers:theenvironmentalforces that shape collective bargaining, the process of collective bargaining, and bargaining outcomes. This structure follows in the tradition of John Dunlop’s seminal work,Industrial Relations Systemsybeneitcaretnewtebnozisihampihetng legal, historical, and political institutions and economic factors. Thetextalsoexamineshowbusinessandunionstrategiesconstraintheprocessand outcomes of collective bargaining. After considering strategic issues, we analyze the middle tier of bargaining, where contract negotiation and administration are so important. We also examine workplace issues such as the organization of work and communication procedures. Harry Katz and Tom Kochan (with Robert McKersie) originally developed this threetiered framework inThe Transformation of American Industrial Relations).94sser91,I:.PRLaca,N.Yion(Ithn2ddeti, Throughitsexaminationoftheinﬂuenceofbusinessandunionstrategiesonlabor relations, this book provides a broader focus than most other introductory texts do. In addition, we feel that students must also understand the inﬂuence of investment strategies, production strategies, union choices, and other strategic forces if they are to accurately comprehend how collective bargaining works in the modern economy. A separate chapter (Chapter 12) looks at workplace outcomes, including participatory processes and their connections to collective bargaining. Ourfocusinthisbookalsoisbroadenedbyourinterestininternationaldevelopments. We highlight international comparisons and pressures with examples throughout the text and focus on these issues in separate chapters: one on international (crossnational) matters (Chapter 14) and one on labor relations in other countries (comparative issues; Chapter 15). The emergence of a vibrant international workers’ rights movement is one of the most exciting developments of the day. Readers should understand the central roles that labor relations problems and labor unions play in these events. Extensivecoverageofdevelopmentsinthenonunionsectoralsodistinguishesthis book from others. The nonunion sector is important in its own right, given the decline in union membership in the United States. In addition, our analysis

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of the nonunion sector contributes to an understanding of the pressures and changes occurring within the union sector. Thepublicsectorhasincreasedinimportanceasunionizationhasdeclinedin the private sector. We examine the special features of the public sector in Chapter 13. Ourbroadfocushelpsreadersgainafullunderstandingofcollectivebargaining.We present numerous illustrations throughout the text, some of which are highlighted as cases. Information about labor history and labor law help ground readers in the workings of American collective bargaining. These topics are covered early in the book (Chapters 2and 3). Studentsalsocanexpandtheirunderstandingofcollectivebargainingthroughthe mock bargaining exercises provided on the supplemental website. Some of these exercises involve private sector negotiations, while others involve public sector cases. Full instructions for the exercises and recommendations gained from our own classroom experience are provided in the instructor’s manual. Material is available on the website that allows students (even those with no previous computer experience) to cost contract settlement terms and forecast the ﬁnancial and employment implications of alternative settlements. We have used this material in our classes and highly recommend it. Grievancearbitrationandorganizingcasesarealsoprovidedonthecoursewebsite. Those cases illustrate a range of contemporary developments and enable students to test their skills as third parties.

INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE WEBSITE Thecoursewebsiteincludesaninstructor’smanual,PowerPointchapteroutlines,a computerized test bank, and other materials that can be used to enhance student learning and classroom discussions. In addition to suggestions about how to use the mock bargaining exercises and supplementary material for those exercises, the instructor’s manual includes organizing cases, arbitration cases, and mock bargaining cases. It also includes answers to the endofchapter discussion questions, chapter outlines, lecture outlines, and citations to recent news stories and other materials (including YouTube videos) available on the Internet about current labor relations issues. In our teaching of introductory collective bargaining, we have found that the mock bargaining exercises and ﬁlms help convey how bargaining really works. We would appreciate hearing your reaction to the text and these materials. Instructions for accessing the instructor’s manual are on the website of the ILR School’s Scheinman Institute on Conﬂict Resolution at Cornell University (www.ilr.cornell.edu/scheinmaninstitute).