Collective Bargaining Under Duress: Case Studies of Major U.S. Industries Contributor(s): Stanger, Howard R. (Editor), Clark, Paul F. (Editor), Frost, Ann C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0913447064 ISBN-13: 9780913447062 Publisher: Labor and Employment Research Association OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Labor |
LCCN: 2012278122 |
Series: Labor and Employment Relations Association |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.55" W x 8.5" (0.96 lbs) 350 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Great Recession that began in 2007 was marked by high rates of unemployment, the near collapse of the banking sector, and the bankruptcy of a host of venerable firms. The economy has only slowly recovered over the intervening years. Throughout this time, the labor movement has faced numerous challenges#8212;among them declining union membership, lackluster organizing performance, and difficulties at the bargaining table. Collective bargaining came under especially severe pressure in both private and public sectors. Employers were now more aggressive than in the 1980s, and unions were expected to concede with no promises of anything in return.Collective Bargaining under Duress highlights the recent state of collective bargaining in eight different industries across both the private and public sectors. The contributors document the struggles common throughout in new organizing, securing viable collective agreements for members after winning election, and protecting earlier hard-won gains in the face of increasingly aggressive employer opposition.Contributors: Paul F. Clark, Penn State University; Ann C. Frost, Western University, Ontario; Jody Hoffer Gitell, Brandeis University; Bob Hebdon, McGill University; Harry C. Katz, Cornell University; Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania; Frits K. Pil, University of Pittsburgh; Richard A. Posthuma, University of Texas at El Paso; Howard R. Stanger, Canisius College; Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University; C. Jeffrey Waddoups, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Contributor Bio(s): Stanger, Howard R.: - Howard R. Stanger is Professor in the Department of Management at Canisius College, where he also holds an affiliated appointment in History.Frost, Ann C.: - Ann C. Frost is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Ontario.Clark, Paul F.: - 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, Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector, and Forging a Union of Steel, all from Cornell. |