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Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector

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ISBN-10: 0913447846

ISBN-13: 9780913447840

Edition: 2002

Authors: Paul F. Clark, John T. Delaney, Ann C. Frost

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Private-sector collective bargaining in the United States is under siege. Many factors have contributed to this situation, including the development of global markets, a continuing antipathy toward unions by managers, and the declining effectiveness of strikes. This volume examines collective bargaining in eight major industries—airlines, automobile manufacturing, health care, hotels and casinos, newspaper publishing, professional sports, telecommunications, and trucking—to gain insight into the challenges the parties face and how they have responded to those challenges. The authors suggest that collective bargaining is evolving differently across the industries studied. While the forces…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Industrial Relations Research Association
Publication date: 11/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Paul F. Clark is Head and Professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Penn State University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books, including Building More Effective Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector , both from Cornell.

Ann C. Frost is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Ontario.

Introduction--Private-Sector Collective Bargaining: Is This the End or a New Beginning?
Airlines: Can Collective Bargaining Weather the Storm?
Autos: Continuity and Change in Collective Bargaining
Health Care: A Growing Role for Collective Bargaining
Hotels and Casinos: Collective Bargaining During a Decade of Expansion
Newspapers: Collective Bargaining Decline Amidst Technological Change
Professional Sports: Collective Bargaining in the Spotlight
Telecommunications: Collective Bargaining in an Era of Industry Reconsolidation
Trucking: Collective Bargaining Takes a Rocky Road
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