Employee Participation and Labor Law in the American Workplace

This book is a comprehensive treatment of worker participation in the United States and its relation to the legal system. The purpose of the study is to analyze the meaning and practice of industrial democracy and to propose statutory reforms that would benefit both management and labor. It is unique in its interdisciplinary approach, which combines research from the fields of history, law, industrial relations, sociology, and organizational behavior.

Labor-management cooperation and worker participation are subjects of vigorous debate. This work examines the arguments concerning the benefits and deficiencies of involvement programs, their impact on union relationships, and their function as techniques to enhance productivity and competitiveness in the workplace. The study traces the history of participation from its inception in the 1870s through the 1980s, surveying the case law from 1934 to 1991, and provides a political and economic context for the analysis of participation. The book will be of interest to scholars and professionals in industrial relations, industrial sociology, labor law, and labor studies.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
From Employee Representation to Trade Unionism
The Legal Context of Worker Participation
Participation in the Modern Workplace
Changing Labor Law
Conclusion: Lessons from the Steel Industry
Bibliographical Note
Index

About the author

Raymond L. Hogler is professor of management at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO.

Product details

• Authors: Guillermo J. Grenier, Grenier Guillermo J., Raymond L. Hogler, Hogler Raymond L.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1992
• EAN: 9780899307527
• ISBN: 978-0-89930-752-7
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, LAW / Labor & Employment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Management & management techniques, United States of America, USA, Management and management techniques, Employment & Labour Law, Employment and labour law: general, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions, Current Events and Issues: Business