Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector

by Paul F. Clark (Editor), John T. Delaney (Editor), Ann C. Frost (Editor)

Overview

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 constraining bargaining have not abated, changes in the global environment, including new security considerations, may create opportunities for unions. Across the industries, one thing is clear—private-sector collective bargaining is rapidly changing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780913447840
Publisher:	Labor and Employment Research Association
Publication date:	11/15/2002
Series:	LERA Research Volume
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.86(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

	Introduction--Private-Sector Collective Bargaining: Is This the End or a New Beginning?	1
Chapter 1	Airlines: Can Collective Bargaining Weather the Storm?	15
Chapter 2	Autos: Continuity and Change in Collective Bargaining	55
Chapter 3	Health Care: A Growing Role for Collective Bargaining	91
Chapter 4	Hotels and Casinos: Collective Bargaining During a Decade of Expansion	137
Chapter 5	Newspapers: Collective Bargaining Decline Amidst Technological Change	179
Chapter 6	Professional Sports: Collective Bargaining in the Spotlight	217
Chapter 7	Telecommunications: Collective Bargaining in an Era of Industry Reconsolidation	263
Chapter 8	Trucking: Collective Bargaining Takes a Rocky Road	311
Chapter 9	Practitioner Commentary	343
Chapter 10	Practitioner Commentary	361
	About the Contributors	375

What People are Saying About This

ILR Connections

The authors propose that collective bargaining is developing differently in the various profiled industries, and that although there are contrary forces at work there may be new opportunities for union growth.

Editorial Reviews

Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector is a valuable resource for scholars, students, practitioners, and policy-makers wanting to learn about the contemporary state of US private sector industrial relations in the eight industries described. This volume will also have enduring value for scholars and practitioners in future years who can use it to look back and see what US industrial relations was like at the start of the new millennium.

The Journal of Industrial Relations - John Budd

Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector is a valuable resource for scholars, students, practitioners, and policy-makers wanting to learn about the contemporary state of US private sector industrial relations in the eight industries described. This volume will also have enduring value for scholars and practitioners in future years who can use it to look back and see what US industrial relations was like at the start of the new millennium.

--John Budd, University of Minnesota "The Journal of Industrial Relations"

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