The Cambridge handbook of U.S. labor law for the twenty-first century / edited by Richard Bales, Charlotte Garden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bales, Richard A., editor.

Garden, Charlotte, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--United States.

Labor laws and legislation.

United States.

Collective bargaining--Law and legislation--United States.

Collective bargaining.

Collective bargaining--Law and legislation.

Labor unions--Law and legislation--United States.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 415 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

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 Richard 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.

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Labor law is out of date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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Nov 2019).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108610070

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.