Employment Relations in the United States: Law, Policy, and Practice

Hogler (Colorado State U.) combines historical and institutional perspectives in this general overview of contemporary employment relations in the U.S. Coverage includes management's era of supremacy over workplace organization and labor conditions from 1880-1935; the growth of labor organizations and the evolution of collective bargaining; the development of individual employment rights from the 1960s to the present day; and contemporary policy issues, such as the privatization of retirement pr…