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Trans Amer Indust Relations
Looks at the history of labor relations in the U.S., describes contemporary industrial practices, and explains how unions have been forced to change their bargaining tactics
- GenresLabor
287 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1986
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August 16, 2014
Thomas A. Kochan, Harry Katz, and Robert McKersie, The Transformation of American Industrial Relations (1986)
1. Thesis: The United States has recently experienced a fundamental transformation in the industrial relations system which is more than simply an adjustment to the deep recession of the early 80s
2. Traditional three tier framework in industry: top is where long-term strategy is decided by management, middle is collective bargaining and personnel policy, bottom is the workplace where the policies are played out
3. Transformation in the 1980s: Middle has decentralized with little nation wide bargaining, lower tier has seen the growth of worker participation and quality of work life (QWL), top has seen the unions participating in strategic decisions
1. Thesis: The United States has recently experienced a fundamental transformation in the industrial relations system which is more than simply an adjustment to the deep recession of the early 80s
2. Traditional three tier framework in industry: top is where long-term strategy is decided by management, middle is collective bargaining and personnel policy, bottom is the workplace where the policies are played out
3. Transformation in the 1980s: Middle has decentralized with little nation wide bargaining, lower tier has seen the growth of worker participation and quality of work life (QWL), top has seen the unions participating in strategic decisions
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