Labor relations

by Arthur A. Sloane

Labor Relations, 13/e, the most accurate, readable, timely, and valuable book of its kind on the market, provides readers with a basic understanding of unionism in its natural habitat and a fundamental appreciation of the union-management process. It focuses on the negotiation and administration of labor agreements, and emphasizes the more significant bargaining issues. The 13th edition includes new material and an extensively revised and updated bibliography. For vice-presidents and directors of labor relations, union presidents, and others who are full-time labor-management professionals for either managements or unions.

524 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1972

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't typically review textbooks, which usually exist outside the scope of literary critique. But this textbook... stands out. The majority of it is decidedly biased toward labor organizations, although if you sift through the sophomoric writing, there is evidence that the authors acknowledge the position of management as well. That's the issue: the prose is so often amusing, it's hard to tell where learning begins and entertainment ends. Do I need to know that a common bargaining tactic at the early stages of negotiating is to introduce far-fetched proposals? Yes, that is useful information. Did I need to know that those proposals are so far-fetched that they demonstrate "a greater use of vivid imagination than that shown by Penn and Teller, Stephen King, and Woody Allen combined"? Um...

[Catherine Wasylewski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Admirably objective, but very dry reading.