John A. Fossum, Fossum John

Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes discusses the history and development of labor relations, the structure of union organizations, union organizing and union avoidance, bargaining issues, and the process of negotiations and contract administration. As a result of decreasing union membership over the last twenty years, more material in the book addresses employee relations in nonunion organizations including examples of both cooperative and adversarial relationships..

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 554
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 187mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9780072987133
• ISBN-10: 0072987138
• Artikelnr.: 21447936

Autorenporträt

John Fossum received his PhD from Michigan State University. He is an established author in the labor relations/personnel area. He is currently a full professor and the director of the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Evolution of American Labor Chapter 3
Labor Law and Federal Agencies Chapter 4 Union Structure and Government
Chapter 5 Unions: Member and Leader Attitudes, Behaviors, and Political
Activities Chapter 6 Union Organizing Campaigns Chapter 7 Union Avoidance:
Rationale, Strategies, and Practices Chapter 8 The Environment for
Bargaining Chapter 9 Wage and Benefit Issues in Bargaining Chapter 10
Nonwage Issues in Bargaining Chapter 11 Contract Negotiations Chapter 12
Impasses and Their Resolution Chapter 13 Union-Management Cooperation
Chapter 14 Contract Administration Chapter 15 Grievance Arbitration Chapter
16 Public-Sector Labor Relations Chapter 17 A Survey of Labor Relations in
Developed Market Economies