Labor Relations

by Arthur A. Sloane; Fred Witney

• ISBN13: 9780132567282
• ISBN10: 0132567288
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Summary

Market leading text features comprehensive coverage, 10 new arbitration cases and an in text mock negotiation exercise.

Table of Contents

I. SETTING THE STAGE.

1. Organized Labor and the Management Community: An Overview.

II. THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK.

2. The Historical Framework.
3. The Legal Framework.
4. Union Behavior: Structure, Government, and Operation.

III. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

5. At the Bargaining Table.
6. Administration of the Agreement.
Case 1: Time Limits: Absenteeism.
Case 2: Injury on the Job: The Case of Drug and Alcohol Testing.
7. Wage Issues under Collective Bargaining.
Case 3: Mandatory Overtime: The Case of the Periodic Inventory.
8. Economic Supplements Under Collective Bargaining.
Case 4: Sick Pay: The Case of the Union Meeting Attendance.
Case 5: The Case of the Life-Support System.
9. Institutional Issues Under Collective Bargaining.
Case 6: Management Rights: The Case of the Complimentary Tickets.
Case 7: The Case of Filling a Vacancy.
10. Administrative Issues Under Collective Bargaining.
Case 8: Seniority: The Case of the Temporary Assignments.
Case 9: Employee Discipline: The Case of the Permission to Leave the Plant.
Case 10: Employee Discipline: The Case of the Employee Who Was Paid and Not Required to Work.
Case 11: Subcontracting: The Case of the Contracting Out and Layoffs.
Case 12: Plant Closing: The Case of the Silent Sale.
Appendix.
Mock Negotiation Problem.
Author Index.
Subject Index.