Collective bargaining under duress : case studies of major U.S. industries / edited by Howard R. Stanger, Ann C. Frost, Paul F. Clark.

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 cha...

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Other Authors: Stanger, Howard (Editor), Clark, Paul F., 1954- (Editor), Frost, Ann C. (Ann Christine), 1962- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL : Labor and Employment Relations Association [2013] ©2013
Edition:First Edition.
Series:Labor and Employment Relations Association series.
Subjects:
Collective bargaining > North America.
Collective bargaining > North America > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Variant Title:
Collective bargaining under duress : case studies of major North American industries. [Cover title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : collective bargaining under duress : case studies of major U.S. industries / Ann C. Frost
  • Context, process, and outcomes of collective bargaining in the U.S. airline industry / Andrew von Nordenflycht and Jody Hoffer Gittell
  • Crisis and recovery in the U.S. auto industry : tumultuous times for a collective bargaining pacesetter / Harry C. Katz, John Paul MacDuffie, and Frits K. Pil
  • Hotels and casinos : collective bargaining during a decade of instability / C. Jeffrey Waddoups and Vincent H. Eade
  • Health care : collective bargaining's growing role in a time of transition / Paul F. Clark
  • When chickens devoured cows : union rebuilding in the meat and poultry industry / Jeffrey H. Keefe and Mathias Bolton
  • Hard times and hard bargaining in the newspaper industry / Howard R. Stanger
  • Public sector collective bargaining : tumultuous times / Robert Hebdon, Joseph E. Slater, and Marick F. Masters
  • Professional sports : a tale of conflict and accord / James B. Dworkin and Richard A. Posthuma
  • Commentary : union practitioner perspective / Iain Gold
  • Commentary : management perspective / Martin (Marty) J. Mulloy.