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Preface | |
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Labor Relations Overview | |
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History and Law | |
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The Roots of the American Labor Movement | |
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Growth of National Unions | |
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Early Judicial Regulation | |
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Pro-Labor Legislation | |
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The Creation of a National Labor Policy | |
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Public-Sector Collective Bargaining | |
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Summary | |
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Interfering with the Employee's Right to Unionize | |
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Discriminating Against Union Members | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Should an Employee's File Be Expunged? | |
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Exercise: Sources of Labor Relations Information | |
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Challenges and Opportunities | |
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Workplace Changes | |
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The Challenges | |
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The Opportunities | |
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Employee Teams | |
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Why Unionize? | |
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Unions Today | |
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Unions in Professional Sports | |
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Workforce Diversity | |
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Summary | |
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Job Performance | |
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Company Unions | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Can a "Just Cause" Standard Be Satisfied Without Proving Fault? | |
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Exercise: Attitudes Toward Unions | |
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The Collective Bargaining Process | |
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Establishing a Bargaining Unit | |
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What Is Collective Bargaining? | |
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The National Labor Relations Board | |
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Bargaining Unit Determination | |
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Bargaining Unit Determination in the Public Sector | |
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Union Structure | |
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Public-Sector Unions | |
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Representation Elections | |
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The Organizing Drive | |
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Union Security | |
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Individual Rights Within Unions | |
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Summary | |
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Duty of Fair Representation | |
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Employer's Unlawful Assistance to Union | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: "Just Cause" for Termination | |
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Exercise: Certification Election | |
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Unfair Labor Practices | |
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Organizational Campaigns | |
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Union Organizing Strategies | |
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Union Avoidance Strategies by Management | |
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Unfair Labor Practices by Employers | |
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Unfair Labor Practices by Labor Organizations | |
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Duty to Bargain in Good Faith | |
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Duty to Furnish Information | |
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The Authority of the NLRB | |
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Unfair Labor Practices in the Public Sector | |
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Summary | |
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Unfair Labor Practice by an Employer | |
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Unfair Labor Practice by a Union | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Bereavement Leave | |
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Exercise: What Do You Really Know About Organizational Campaign Unfair Labor Practices? | |
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Negotiating an Agreement | |
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The Bargaining Process | |
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Bargaining Techniques | |
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Impasse | |
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Bargaining in the Public Sector | |
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Summary | |
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Surface Bargaining | |
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Surface Bargaining | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: School Bus Drivers | |
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Exercise: Develop Your Own Negotiating Skills | |
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Cost of Labor Contracts | |
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Wage and Salary Issues | |
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Union Wage Concerns | |
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Management Wage Concerns | |
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Negotiated Wage Adjustments | |
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Wage Negotiation Issues | |
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Wage Surveys | |
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Costing Wage Proposals | |
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Union Wages and Inflation | |
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Public Employee Wage and Salary Issues | |
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Summary | |
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Premium Pay Rates | |
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Incentive Pay | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Scheduling Saturday as Part of the Workweek | |
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Exercise: Wage Provisions | |
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Employee Benefits Issues | |
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Concession Bargaining | |
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Required Benefits | |
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Negotiated Benefits | |
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Income Maintenance Plans | |
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Health Care | |
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Pay for Time Not Worked | |
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Premium Pay | |
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Employee Services | |
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Public-Sector Benefits Issues | |
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Summary | |
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Paid Leaves of Absence | |
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Employee Benefits | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Not Working a 40-Hour Week | |
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Exercise: Flexible Benefit Decisions | |
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Job Security and Seniority | |
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Job Security | |
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Seniority | |
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Calculation of Seniority | |
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Promotions | |
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Layoff and Recall Rights | |
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Advanced Notice of Shutdown | |
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Shared Work | |
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Determining Ability | |
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Company Mergers | |
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Successorship | |
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Employee Alcohol and Drug Testing | |
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Public-Sector Security Issues | |
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Summary | |
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Relocating Work Without Bargaining | |
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Drug Testing | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Subcontracting Work or Union Busting? | |
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Exercise: Merging Seniority Lists | |
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The Labor Relations Process in Action | |
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Implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement | |
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Reducing an Agreement to Writing | |
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Contract Enforcement | |
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Rights and Prohibited Conduct | |
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Public-Sector Contract Enforcement Issues | |
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Summary | |
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Contract Interpretation | |
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Duty to Bargain | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Reassignment of Job Duties | |
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Exercise: Provisional Intent | |
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Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures | |
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Sources of Employee Grievances | |
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Steps in a Grievance Procedure | |
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Functions of Grievance Procedures | |
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Employee Misconduct | |
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Disciplinary Procedures | |
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Grievance Mediation | |
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Public-Sector Grievance Issues | |
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Summary | |
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Insubordination of a Police Officer While in Pursuit of a Stolen Vehicle | |
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Grooming Standards at Southwest Airlines | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Employee Writing Threats | |
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Exercise: Source of Grievances | |
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The Arbitration Process | |
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History and Legal State of Arbitration | |
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Arbitration of Statutory Rights in Union and Nonunion Cases | |
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Types of Arbitration | |
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Selecting the Arbitrator | |
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Determining Arbitrability | |
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Hearing Procedures | |
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Case Preparation | |
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Contractual Issues | |
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Arbitration Issues in the Public Sector | |
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Summary | |
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Drug and Alcohol Testing | |
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Arbitrability | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Alleged Theft of Company Property | |
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Exercise: Use of the Arbitration Process | |
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Comparative Global Industrial Relations | |
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Globalization | |
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World Wide Labor Movement | |
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International Labour Organization | |
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Anglophone Countries | |
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European Union Nations | |
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Far East | |
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Summary | |
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Insider Trading by Union Official | |
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You Be the Arbitrator: Minimum Wage | |
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Exercise: Attitudes toward Unions | |
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Texts of Statutes | |
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National Labor Relations Act | |
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Labor-Management Relations Act | |
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Endnotes | |
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Glossary | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |