For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses.
Unions remain a powerful force in American business, and this text will teach readers how unions and management deal with one another during the negotiating process.
In this best-selling text, Sloane/Witney provide students with a basic understanding of unionism.
In this thirteenth 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.
Features + Benefits
For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses.
Unions remain a powerful force in American business, and this text will teach readers how unions and management deal with one another during the negotiating process.
In this best-selling text, Sloane/Witney provide students with a basic understanding of unionism.
In this thirteenth 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.
Four Part Organization: Readers gain a broad overview of the current landscape of labor-management relations in the United States.
¿ Part I: Setting the Stage
¿ Part II: The Environmental Framework
¿ Part III: Collective Bargaining
¿ Part IV: Arbitration Cases
New! Content Updates:
¿ Employee Free Choice Act (proposed legislation)
¿ Pension Protection Act (newly enacted)
¿ White-collar workers in unions
¿ Variables in bargaining the union-management contract
¿ Two-tier wage systems
¿ Retail giant Wal-Mart and unions
New! Updated Appendix Materials
¿ Mock Negotiation Problem
¿ Bibliography
Real World Focus: Part IV of the book is devoted to 16 cases, all of which bring gravity to the concepts discussed in earlier sections of the book.
Coverage of International Issues: This discussion highlights the international union rivalry inside and outside the AFL-CIO, as well as unions outside the country and the prospects for "one big global union."
PART I: SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1 Organized Labor and the Management Community: An Overview
PART II: THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 2 The Historical Framework
Chapter 3 The Legal Framework
Chapter 4 Union Behavior: Structure, Government, and Operation
PART III: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Chapter 5 At the Bargaining Table
Chapter 6 Grievances and Arbitration
Chapter 7 Wage Issues under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 8 Economic Supplements under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 9 Institutional Issues under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 10 Administrative Issues under Collective Bargaining
PART IV: ARBITRATION CASES
APPENDIX: Mock Negotiation Problem
Glossary
Index
Unions remain a powerful force in American business, and this text will teach readers how unions and management deal with one another during the negotiating process.
In this best-selling text, Sloane/Witney provide students with a basic understanding of unionism.
In this thirteenth 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.
Features + Benefits
For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses.
Unions remain a powerful force in American business, and this text will teach readers how unions and management deal with one another during the negotiating process.
In this best-selling text, Sloane/Witney provide students with a basic understanding of unionism.
In this thirteenth 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.
Four Part Organization: Readers gain a broad overview of the current landscape of labor-management relations in the United States.
¿ Part I: Setting the Stage
¿ Part II: The Environmental Framework
¿ Part III: Collective Bargaining
¿ Part IV: Arbitration Cases
New! Content Updates:
¿ Employee Free Choice Act (proposed legislation)
¿ Pension Protection Act (newly enacted)
¿ White-collar workers in unions
¿ Variables in bargaining the union-management contract
¿ Two-tier wage systems
¿ Retail giant Wal-Mart and unions
New! Updated Appendix Materials
¿ Mock Negotiation Problem
¿ Bibliography
Real World Focus: Part IV of the book is devoted to 16 cases, all of which bring gravity to the concepts discussed in earlier sections of the book.
Coverage of International Issues: This discussion highlights the international union rivalry inside and outside the AFL-CIO, as well as unions outside the country and the prospects for "one big global union."
PART I: SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1 Organized Labor and the Management Community: An Overview
PART II: THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 2 The Historical Framework
Chapter 3 The Legal Framework
Chapter 4 Union Behavior: Structure, Government, and Operation
PART III: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Chapter 5 At the Bargaining Table
Chapter 6 Grievances and Arbitration
Chapter 7 Wage Issues under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 8 Economic Supplements under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 9 Institutional Issues under Collective Bargaining
Chapter 10 Administrative Issues under Collective Bargaining
PART IV: ARBITRATION CASES
APPENDIX: Mock Negotiation Problem
Glossary
Index