| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white |
| Contents |
Labor law is out of date -- The "fissured" workplace -- Barriers to forming a collective bargaining relationship -- Barriers to bargaining a good contract -- Unions, civil society, and culture |
| Summary |
Over the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Rick Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today's workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor laws and legislation -- United States.
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Collective bargaining -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Collective bargaining -- Law and legislation.
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Labor laws and legislation.
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Labor unions -- Law and legislation.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bales, Richard A., editor
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Garden, Charlotte, editor
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| ISBN |
9781108610070 |
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1108610072 |
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