Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the U. S. / Edition 1

by Richard N. Block

Overview

Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States

Richard N. Block, Sheldon Friedman, Michelle Kaminski, and Andy Levin, Editors

This volume presents an influential group of researchers who examine the current state of workers' freedom to form unions and bargain collectively. All of the researchers present empirical evidence to support their innovative ideas for advancing workers' rights. The papers were originally presented at a conference co-sponsored by the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University and the AFL-CIO that was held in October 2002.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880992787
Publisher:	Upjohn, W. E. Institute for Employment Research
Publication date:	10/28/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

1 - An Introduction to the Current State of Workers' Rights, by Richard N. Block, Sheldon Friedman, Michelle Kaminski, and Andy Levin
PART I - How Free are U.S. Workers to Form Unions and Bargain Collectively?
2 - A Logical Extreme: Proposing Human Rights as the Foundation for Workers' Rights in the United States, by James A. Gross
3 - International Elections Standards and NLRB Representation Elections, by David L. Cingarelli
4 - Collective Bargaining Rights in the Public Sector, by Donald S. Wasserman
PART II - What's at Stake: Why Freedom to Form Unions Matters to Workers and Communities
5 - Significant Victories: An Analysis of Union first Contracts, by Tom Juravich, Kate Bronfenbrenner, and Robert Hickey
6 - Bad Service Jobs: Can Unions Save Them? Can They Save Unions? By Laura Dresser and Annette Bernhardt
7 - Dancing with the Smoke Monster: Employer Motivations for Negotiating Neutrality and Card Check Agreements, by Adrienne E. Eaton and Jill Kriesky
PART III - Legal Obstacles to Workers' Rights: Erected and Eliminated
8 - Supreme Court Supervisory Status Decisions: The Impact on the Organizing of Nurses, by Steven E. Abraham, Adrienne E. Eaton, and Paula B. Voos
9 - Law and Collective Bargaining Power: An Exception to Test labor Law Reform Proposals, by Gangaram Singh and Ellen Dannin
PART IV - International Perspectives on Workers' Rights in the United States
10 - America's Union-Free Movement in Light of International Human Rights Standards, by Roy J. Adams
11 - The United States and ILO Conventions 87 and 98: The Freedom of Association and the Right to Bargain Collectively, by Richard McIntyre and Matthew M. Bodah
PART V - Where Do WeGo from Here? Strategies for Advancing Workers' Rights
12 - Members-Only Collective Bargaining: A Back-to-Basics Approach to Union Organizing, by Charles J. Morris
13 - The Commercial Temp Agency, the Union Hiring Hall, and the Contingent Workforce: Toward a Legal Reclassification of For-Profit Labor Market Intermediaries, by Harris Freeman and George Gonos
14 - No More Business as Usual: Using Pension Activism to Protect Workers' Rights, by Jayne Elizabeth Zanglein
The Authors
Index

What People are Saying About This

Edward J. McElroy

Justice on the Job provides a window on how workers can obtain a brighter future through new approaches to unionization. (Edward J. McElroy, president, American Federation of Teachers)

David Bonior

If you care about the erosion of the middle class, this book is required reading. (David Bonior, chair, American Rights at Work)

Edward M. Kennedy

This timely and important volume demonstrates how our government has undermined the long-standing right of employees to form a union and imposed an unfair cost on countless families and communities. We can't ignore this indispensable right in creating shared prosperity and preserving a just society. (Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts)