Published annually and gleaned from extensive research and information unions report to the U.S. government, the 2014 Edition of the Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations is the ideal tool for quickly finding personnel contacts, union locations, and other vital details on labor organizations in the United States. It provides complete coverage of union membership, including total national membership, state-by-state membership, work stoppages, and union representation elections. The 2015 Edition offers: Union membership figures for 2013 and 2014 compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including a breakdown by industry, occupation, age, sex, and race National union profiles with proper names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, website and email addresses, membership figures, publications, and top union officers BLS data on major strike activity in the U.S. from 1947 to 2014

This comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to collective bargaining and labor relations with a focus on developments in the United States. It is appropriate for students, policy analysts, and labor relations professionals including unionists, managers, and neutrals. A three-tiered strategic choice framework unifies the text, and the authors’ thorough grounding in labor history and labor law assists students in learning the basics. In addition to traditional labor relations, the authors address emerging forms of collective representation and movements that address income inequality in novel ways. Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin provide numerous contemporary illustrations of business and union strategies. They consider the processes of contract negotiation and contract administration with frequent comparisons to nonunion practices and developments, and a full chapter is devoted to special aspects of the public sector. An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations has an international scope, covering labor rights issues associated with the global supply chain as well as the growing influence of NGOs and cross-national unionism. The authors also compare how labor relations systems in Germany, Japan, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa compare to practices in the United States. The textbook is supplemented by a website (ilr.cornell.edu/scheinman-institute/research/introduction-us-collective-bargaining-and-labor-relations) that features an extensive Instructor’s Manual with a test bank, PowerPoint chapter outlines, mock bargaining exercises, organizing cases, grievance cases, and classroom-ready current events materials.

Published annually and gleaned from extensive research and information unions report to the U.S. government, the 2015 Edition of Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations is the ideal tool for quickly finding personnel contacts, union locations, and other vital details on labor organizations in the United States. It provides complete coverage of union membership, including total national membership, state-by-state membership, work stoppages, and union representation elections. The 2015 Edition of Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations includes: Union membership figures for 2013 and 2014 compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including a breakdown by industry, occupation, age, sex, and race National union profiles with proper names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, website and email addresses, membership figures, publications, and top union officers BLS data on major strike activity in the U.S. from 1

The passage of Citizens United by the Supreme Court in 2010 sparked a renewed debate about campaign spending by large political action committees, or Super PACs. Its ruling said that it is okay for corporations and labor unions to spend as much as they want in advertising and other methods to convince people to vote for or against a candidate. This book provides a wide range of opinions on the issue. Includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives; eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and many others.