Restoring the Promise of American Labor Law

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Restoring the Promise of American Labor Law

Edited by: Sheldon Friedman , Richard W. Hurd , Rudolph A. Oswald and Ronald L. Seeber

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1994

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Sheldon Friedman is an economist with the AFL-CIO.

Richard W. Hurd is Professor and Director, the Labor Studies Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

Rudolph A. Oswald is former Director of Economic Research for the AFL-CIO.

Ronald L. Seeber is Associate Professor and Associate Dean, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

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For those who value a strong union movement, this book is essential reading.

Barry Bluestone, University of Massachusetts, Boston:

Sooner or later, Congress will consider revamping the laws that govern labor and management relations. In preparing for that historic debate, few books will be as valuable as this one. It makes clear why the basic labor law of the land is obsolete and provides a powerful labor perspective on needed reform.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: The Context for the Reform of Labor Law Sheldon Friedman, Richard W. Hurd, Rudolph A. Oswald and Ronald L. Seeber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Reforming U.S. Labor Relations Joel Rogers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Section 8(a)(2) and the Origins of the Wagner Act David Brody Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. The Demise of the National Labor Policy: A Question of Social Justice James A. Gross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
PART II. ORGANIZING AND THE LAW
4. Patterned Responses to Organizing: Case Studies of the Union-Busting Convention Richard W. Hurd and Joseph B. Uehlein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5. Employer Behavior in Certification Elections and First-Contract Campaigns: Implications for Labor Law Reform Kate L. Bronfenbrenner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6. Employer Tactics and Labor Law Reform Phil Comstock and Maier B. Fox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
7. Winning NLRB Elections and Establishing Collective Bargaining Relationships Gordon R. Pavy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
PART III. REFORMING THE NLRA
8. Toward Fundamental Change in U.S. Labor Law: A Law Reform Framework Robert J. Pleasure and Patricia Greenfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
9. What Will It Take? Establishing the Economic Costs to Management of Noncompliance with the NLRA Morris M. Kleiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
10. Worker Participation after Electromation and DuPont Robert B. Moberly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
11. The Debate over the Ban on Employer-Dominated Labor Organizations: What Is the Evidence? James R. Rundle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
12. Status of Workers' Rights to Bargain Collectively Gladys W. Gruenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
PART IV. THE OUTCOMES OF BARGAINING RELATIONSHIPS
13. What Do Unions Do for Women? Roberta Spalter-Roth, Heidi Hartmann and Nancy Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
14. The Effects of the Repeal of Utah's Prevailing Wage Law on the Labor Market in Construction Hamid Azari-Rad, Anne Yeagle and Peter Philips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
15. The Role ofTechnology in Undermining Union Strength Charley Richardson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
PART V. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
16. The Canadian Perspective on Workers' Rights to Form a Union and Bargain Collectively Gary N. Chaison and Joseph B. Rose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
17. Reforming U.S. Labor Law and Collective Bargaining: Some Proposals Based on the Canadian System Richard N. Block Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
18. Union Certification as an Instrument of Labor Policy: A Comparative Perspective Roy J. Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
19. On the Status of Workers' Rights to Organize in the United States and Canada Peter G. Bruce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
PART VI. FRAMEWORKS FOR CHANGE
20. Making Postindustrial Unionism Possible Dorothy Sue Cobble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
21. New Bargaining Structures for New Forms of Business Organization Howard Wial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
22. Representing the Part-Time and Contingent Workforce: Challenges for Unions and Public Policy Françoise J. Carré, Virginia duRivage and Chris Tilly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

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