Labor Relations (Pearson Custom Business Resources) - Softcover

Sloane, Arthur; Witney, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136077188 ISBN 13: 9780136077183

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses.

Learn How Unions and Management Deal with One Another During the Negotiating Process
In the best-selling text, Labor Relations, Sloane/Witney provide readers with a basic understanding of unionism.

In this Thirteenth Edition, chapters have been streamlined to make room for numerous additions and visual aids, addressing a number of new issues and legislation that have arisen in the last few years. Discussions of Wal-Mart, bargaining, two-tier wage systems, pensions and retirement plans, and a host of other topics have been expanded as well.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

It's all here in Arthur A. Sloane and Fred Witney's Labor Relations, Tenth Edition! Complete with updated coverage, this book is designed to help readers of all backgrounds develop a thorough understanding of the many different aspects of labor relations.

A time-tested classic, Sloane and Witney's tenth edition provides a broad and balanced overview that includes:

• Historical, legal, and structural environments
• A close examination of the negotiation, administration, and major contents of the labor agreement itself
• Arbitration cases—many selected from the authors' own experiences
• An extensively revised bibliography and new glossary
• New coverage: labor's recent turn to more aggressive leadership; fast-track presidential authority; the dues rebate controversy; managerial health care cost containment; tax-deferred retirement plans; cyberspace; and miscalculations in bargaining

About the Author:

Arthur A. Sloane is Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Delaware.
Fred Witney was a professor emeritus of economics at Indiana University and a long-time labor arbitrator. He passed away in 1999. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0136077188
• ISBN 13: 9780136077183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480