For courses in Labor Relations; often found in law schools and schools of public administration. For professors who want students to understand how labor relations work in the real world, Carrell provides students with more practical application than any other text.
Table of Contents:
Preface
PART I: Labor Relations Overview CHAPTER 1 History and Law
The Roots of the American Labor Movement
Growth of National Unions
Early Judicial Regulation
Pro-Labor Legislation
The Creation of a National Labor Policy
Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Summary
CASE STUDY 1-1: Interfering with the Employee’s Right to Unionize
CASE STUDY 1-2: Discriminating Against Union Members
You Be the Arbitrator: Should an Employee’s File Be Expunged?
EXERCISE: Sources of Labor Relations Information
CHAPTER 2 Challenges and Opportunities
Workplace Changes
The Challenges
The Opportunities
Employee Teams
Why Unionize?
Union Growth Areas
Workforce Diversity
CASE STUDY 2-1: Job Performance
CASE STUDY 2-2: Company Unions
You Be the Arbitrator: Can a “Just Cause” Standard Be Satisfied Without Proving Fault?
EXERCISE: Attitudes Toward Unions
PART II: The Collective Bargaining Process CHAPTER 3 Establishing a Bargaining Unit
What Is Collective Bargaining?
The National Labor Relations Board
Bargaining Unit Determination in Private and Public Sectors
Union Structure and Public Sector Unions
The Organizing Drive
Union Security
Individual Rights Within Unions
Summary
CASE STUDY 3-1: Duty of Fair Representation
CASE STUDY 3-2: Employer’s Unlawful Assistance to Union
You Be the Arbitrator: “Just Cause” for Termination
EXERCISE: Certification Election
CHAPTER 4 Unfair Labor Practices
Organizational Campaigns
Union Organizing Strategies
Union Avoidance Strategies by Management
Unfair Labor Practices by Employers
Unfair Labor Practices by Labor Organizations
Duty to Bargain in Good Faith
Duty to Furnish Information
The Authority of the NLRB
Unfair Labor Practices in the Public Sector
Summary
CASE STUDY 4-1: Unfair Labor Practice by an Employer
CASE STUDY 4-2: Unfair Labor Practice by a Union
You Be the Arbitrator: Bereavement Leave
EXERCISE: What Do You Really Know About Organizational Campaign Unfair Labor Practices?
CHAPTER 5 Negotiating an Agreement
The Bargaining Process
Bargaining Techniques
Impasse
Bargaining in the Public Sector
Summary
CASE STUDY 5-1: Surface Bargaining
CASE STUDY 5-2: Surface Bargaining
You Be the Arbitrator: School Bus Drivers
EXERCISE: Develop Your Own Negotiating Skills
PART III: Cost of Labor Contracts CHAPTER 6 Wage and Salary Issues
Union Wage Concerns
Management Wage Concerns
Negotiated Wage Adjustments
Wage Negotiation Issues
Wage Surveys
Costing Wage Proposals
Union Wages and Inflation
Public Employee Wage and Salary Issues
Summary
CASE STUDY 6-1: Premium Pay Rates
CASE STUDY 6-2: Incentive Pay
You Be the Arbitrator: Scheduling Saturday as Part of the Workweek
EXERCISE: Wage Provisions
CHAPTER 7 Employee Benefits Issues
Concession Bargaining
Required Benefits
Negotiated Benefits
Income Maintenance Plans
Health Care
Pay for Time Not Worked
Premium Pay
Employee Services
Public Sector Benefits Issues
Summary
CASE STUDY 7-1: Paid Leaves of Absence
CASE STUDY 7-2: Employee Benefits
You Be the Arbitrator: Not Working a 40-Hour Week
EXERCISE: Flexible Benefit Decisions
CHAPTER 8 Job Security and Seniority
Job Security
Seniority
Calculation of Seniority
Promotions
Layoff and Recall Rights
Advanced Notice of Shutdown
Shared Work
Determining Ability
Company Mergers
Successorship
Employee Alcohol and Drug Testing
Public Sector Security Issues
Summary
CASE STUDY 8-1: Relocating Work Without Bargaining
CASE STUDY 8-2: Drug Testing
You Be the Arbitrator: Subcontracting Work or Union Busting?
EXERCISE: Merging Seniority Lists
PART IV: The Labor Relations Process in Action CHAPTER 9 Implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement
Reducing an Agreement to Writing
Nature of Labor Agreement
Contract Enforcement
Rights and Prohibited Conduct
Public Sector Contract Enforcement Issues
Summary
CASE STUDY 9-1: Contract Interpretation
CASE STUDY 9-2: Duty to Bargain
You Be the Arbitrator: Reassignment of Job Duties
EXERCISE: Provisional Intent
CHAPTER 10 Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures
Sources of Employee Grievances
Steps in a Grievance Procedure
Functions of Grievance Procedures
Employee Misconduct
Disciplinary Procedures
Grievance Mediation
Public Sector Grievance Issues
Summary
CASE STUDY 10-1: Insubordination of a Police Officer While in Pursuit of a Stolen Vehicle
CASE STUDY 10-2: Grooming Standards at Southwest Airlines
You Be the Arbitrator: Employee Writing Threats
EXERCISE: Source of Grievances
CHAPTER 11 The Arbitration Process
History and Legal State of Arbitration
Arbitration of Statutory Rights in Union and Nonunion Cases
Types of Arbitration
Selecting the Arbitrator
Determining Arbitrability
Hearing Procedures
Case Preparation
Contractual Issues
Arbitration Issues in the Public Sector
Summary
CASE STUDY 11-1: Drug and Alcohol Testing
CASE STUDY 11-2: Arbitrability
You Be the Arbitrator: Alleged Theft of Company Property
EXERCISE: Use of the Arbitration Process
CHAPTER 12 Comparative Industrial Relations
Globalization
World Wide Labor Movement
International Labour Organization
Anglophone Countries
European Union Nations
Far East Nations
Summary
CASE STUDY 12-1: Insider Trading by Union Official
You Be the Arbitrator: Minimum Wage
EXERCISE: Attitudes Toward Unions
APPENDIX A Collective Bargaining Simulation
APPENDIX B Texts of Statutes
National Labor Relations Act
Labor-Management Relations Act
Endnotes
Glossary
Photo Credits
Index
