Negotiating the Future

by Bluestone, Barry; Bluestone, Irving

• ISBN13: 9780465049172
• ISBN10: 0465049176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

It is no secret that corporate America is in troubleas are labor unionsand a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations, which excludes labor from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which it works. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labor circles, Barry and Irving Bluestone propose a new Enterprise Compact under which labor becomes co-responsible with management for all strategic business decisionspricing, investment, plant location, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
a New Vision for American Enterprise	p. 3
From the Glory Days to Troubled Times	p. 31
The Glory Days and the Traditional Workplace Contract	p. 33
Goodbye to the Glory Days	p. 60
What Went Wrong?	p. 80
From the Adversarial Workplace to Employee Involvement	p. 113
Management Rights and Union Demands	p. 115
Employee Involvement in Action	p. 145
Does Participation Work?	p. 165
Toward An Enterprise Compact	p. 187
From Co-Managing the Workplace to Co-Managing the Enterprise	p. 189
The Enterprise Compact	p. 218
Creating A Benign Climate for the New Labor-Management Accord	p. 247
Notes	p. 263
Index	p. 319
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