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These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, The Transformation of Labor-Management Conflicts.
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Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts: Online (Web) Sources "Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations -- Summary." Conflict Research Consortium, 2000. Available at: Link This is a summary of Terry Leap's "Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations." VonTscharner, Carole. "Clever Caucusing." Track Two, Vol. 7 No. 2 , April 1, 1998 Available at: http://www.mediate.com/articles/vonTscharner.cfm [Backup Link] This is an interview with mediator Craig Arendse who discusses the usefulness of caucusing in labor disputes. "Grievance Mediation Found to be Useful Alternative to Arbitration." , Available at: Primary Link [Backup Link] This article gives a brief history and discusses a few recent successes about grievance mediation used in labor-management disputes. Lynn, Kenneth. "Preparing for Labor Negotiations: An Overview." Mediate.com Newsletter , July 2002 Available at: http://mediate.com/articles/lynnk.cfm [Backup Link] This article examines the type of preparation necessary to conduct multiple union labor negotiations. Offline (Print) Sources Leap, Terry. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall College Division, February 1995. Collective Bargaining & Labor Relations is a college-level text which explores the history and current practice of union-management relations, and collective bargaining. Primary Link Haydu, Jeffrey. "Managing the "Labor Problem" in the United States ca. 1897-1911." In Intractable Conflicts and Their Transformation. Edited by Northrup, Terrell A., Stuart J. Thorson and Louis Kriesberg, eds. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, December 1989. This chapter attempts to make three key points about the origins of intractability in U.S. labor relations. The author's points revolve around his take on unions and anti-unionism around the World War I era. Dunlop, John Thomas and Arnold M. Zack. Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Disputes. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, January 1, 1997. This book examines the process of arbitration in the workplace. It also outlines a plan for initiating mediation and arbitration in a dispute resolution system. Examples Illustrating this Topic: Online (Web) Sources A Short History of American Labor. Available at: Primary Link [Backup Link] This page offers a brief history of more than 100 years of the modern trade union movement in the United States. The piece only touches on many key events, but does provide a sense of the struggle between labor and management over time and some of the breakthroughs that were made in the conflict. Labor-Management Conflict in American History. Available at: http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/LaborConflict/default.cfm [Backup Link] This page provides access to information regarding a few well-known labor-management conflicts that took place in the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States. These include: the Pennsylvania Coke Regions; the Molly Maguire movement in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields; the Homstead Strike of 1892; and the Chicago Strike of 1905. Offline (Print) Sources Hilgert, Raymond L. and David A. Dilts. Cases in Collective Bargaining & Industrial Relations. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, May 30, 2002. This book provides an anthology of cases dealing with Union and labor-management situations. Heavrin, Christina and Michael R. Carrell. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases , Practices, and Law. New York: Prentice Hall, July 17, 2000. This book examines the issues and complications that are characteristic of labor relations and collective bargaining. The work discusses key terms, processes and laws. It also includes case studies and key decisions of the National Labor Relations Board. Audiovisual Materials on this Topic: Online (Web) Sources The New CaliforniaDemographic Shifts Bring Major Changes to Nation's Largest State: California's Labor Movement. NPR. August 2002. Available at: Primary Link [Backup Link] California's growing immigrant community has given their labor movement new opportunities to expand and organize. Offline (Print) Sources Final Offer . Directed and/or Produced by: Gunnarsson, Sturla. California Newsreel. 1985. This film takes a frank look at collective bargaining as it focuses on negotiations that took place between Canadian auto workers and General Motors. Primary Link [Backup Link] The Real Thing. Directed and/or Produced by: Schnall, Peter. First Run Icarus Films. 1984. This film reveals the successful tactics union workers in Guatemala City's Coca Cola bottling plant used in their efforts to keep their jobs. Primary Link [Backup Link] Teaching Materials on this Topic: Online (Web) Sources A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers. Available at: http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/curricul.htm#9 [Backup Link] This page provides a thorough chronological outline of key events in United States labor history beginning from the 18th century up to the present. The outline is presented as a curriculum for teachers to use in history courses, but also contains much significant information that stands on its own. The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University: Reference Sources in Labor Studies. New York University. Available at: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/laborrefguide.html/ [Backup Link] This site provides access to an annotated reference guide to sources on labor in the US. It includes bibliographies, filmographies, biographies, handbooks, encyclopedias, periodical guides & indexes, primary sources, and web pages. |
