Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector

by Paul F. Clark

Series:Industrial Relations Research Association Series (2002)

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Private-sector collective bargaining in the United States is under siege. Many factors have contributed to this situation, including the development of global markets, a continuing antipathy toward unions by managers, and the declining effectiveness of strikes. This volume examines collective bargaining in eight major industries?airlines, automobile manufacturing, health care, hotels and casinos, newspaper publishing, professional sports, telecommunications, and trucking?to gain insight into show more the challenges the parties face and how they have responded to those challenges.The authors suggest that collective bargaining is evolving differently across the industries studied. While the forces constraining bargaining have not abated, changes in the global environment, including new security considerations, may create opportunities for unions. Across the industries, one thing is clear?private-sector collective bargaining is rapidly changing. show less

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Paul F. Clark

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Paul F. Clark is Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations at Pennsylvania State University. He has served as an education and research consultant for more than twenty-five national and numerous local unions. He is the author of Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, and the United Steelworkers and coeditor of Collective show more Bargaining in the Private Sector, both from Cornell. show less