Public employee labor unions in South Dakota possess a feeble set of bargaining rights, so weak it should be considered “collective begging.” However, our recent contract contains significant victories despite decades of playing defense. What lessons can be learned from this experience that might help other similarly situated faculty unions? What does this case study teach us about the disparity of power, especially where labor has fewer legal and political tools than management? I apply DiGiovanni’s (2011) typology of “intangible influences” on collective bargaining to explain our success. As DiGiovanni predicts, history and timing played a large role in influencing the outcome to labor’s advantage. In particular, the state’s rapid transfo...
The strike is a necessary part of collective bargaining. Workers should not ordinarily lose their jo...
This study examines the decline in the economic power of faculty labor unions in public higher educa...
Although the obstacles to employee organization appear daunting, this is an exciting time to be invo...
Public employee labor unions in South Dakota possess a feeble set of bargaining rights, so weak it s...
As faculty collective bargaining reaches the half-century mark, the authors take a critical look at ...
After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the Univer...
College and university leaders should to continue to honor collectively negotiated agreements mainta...
The authors provide a perspective, as scholars and practitioners, of the organizational, demographic...
Collective bargaining lies at the heart of the union-management relationship. It is the end and purp...
[Excerpt] In this chapter, we first present an overview of different forms of collective bargaining,...
A half century after the passage of the Wagner Act the right to bargain collectively remains a glowi...
After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the Univer...
As of 2014, union density in the United States had dropped compared to union density during the 1950...
Inaugural lecture for the James E. & Sarah A. Degan Professorship of Law at University of Michigan L...
This discussion will attempt to meet two goals. First, it presents the case and preliminary findings...
The strike is a necessary part of collective bargaining. Workers should not ordinarily lose their jo...
This study examines the decline in the economic power of faculty labor unions in public higher educa...
Although the obstacles to employee organization appear daunting, this is an exciting time to be invo...
Public employee labor unions in South Dakota possess a feeble set of bargaining rights, so weak it s...
As faculty collective bargaining reaches the half-century mark, the authors take a critical look at ...
After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the Univer...
College and university leaders should to continue to honor collectively negotiated agreements mainta...
The authors provide a perspective, as scholars and practitioners, of the organizational, demographic...
Collective bargaining lies at the heart of the union-management relationship. It is the end and purp...
[Excerpt] In this chapter, we first present an overview of different forms of collective bargaining,...
A half century after the passage of the Wagner Act the right to bargain collectively remains a glowi...
After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the Univer...
As of 2014, union density in the United States had dropped compared to union density during the 1950...
Inaugural lecture for the James E. & Sarah A. Degan Professorship of Law at University of Michigan L...
This discussion will attempt to meet two goals. First, it presents the case and preliminary findings...
The strike is a necessary part of collective bargaining. Workers should not ordinarily lose their jo...
This study examines the decline in the economic power of faculty labor unions in public higher educa...
Although the obstacles to employee organization appear daunting, this is an exciting time to be invo...