Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: The Context for the Reform of Labor Law 1
5. PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
6. 1. Reforming U.S. Labor Relations 15
7. 2. Section 8(a)(2) and the Origins of the Wagner Act 29
8. 3. The Demise of the National Labor Policy: A Question of Social Justice 45
9. PART II. ORGANIZING AND THE LAW
10. 4. Patterned Responses to Organizing: Case Studies of the Union-Busting Convention 61
11. 5. Employer Behavior in Certification Elections and First-Contract Campaigns: Implications for Labor Law Reform 75
12. 6. Employer Tactics and Labor Law Reform 90
13. 7. Winning NLRB Elections and Establishing Collective Bargaining Relationships 110
14. PART III. REFORMING THE NLRA
15. 8. Toward Fundamental Change in U.S. Labor Law: A Law Reform Framework 125
16. 9. What Will It Take? Establishing the Economic Costs to Management of Noncompliance with the NLRA 137
17. 10. Worker Participation after Electromation and DuPont 147
18. 11. The Debate over the Ban on Employer-Dominated Labor Organizations: What Is the Evidence? 161
19. 12. Status of Workers' Rights to Bargain Collectively 177
20. PART IV. THE OUTCOMES OF BARGAINING RELATIONSHIPS
21. 13. What Do Unions Do for Women? 193
22. 14. The Effects of the Repeal of Utah's Prevailing Wage Law on the Labor Market in Construction 207
23. 15. The Role ofTechnology in Undermining Union Strength 223
24. PART V. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
25. 16. The Canadian Perspective on Workers' Rights to Form a Union and Bargain Collectively 241
26. 17. Reforming U.S. Labor Law and Collective Bargaining: Some Proposals Based on the Canadian System 250
27. 18. Union Certification as an Instrument of Labor Policy: A Comparative Perspective 260
28. 19. On the Status of Workers' Rights to Organize in the United States and Canada 273
29. PART VI. FRAMEWORKS FOR CHANGE
30. 20. Making Postindustrial Unionism Possible 285
31. 21. New Bargaining Structures for New Forms of Business Organization 303
32. 22. Representing the Part-Time and Contingent Workforce: Challenges for Unions and Public Policy 314
33. References 324
34. About the Contributors 345
35. Index 351