A Primer on American Labor Law by William B. Gould IV
A Primer on American Labor Regulation is an accessible guide written for nonspecialists -- labor and management representatives, college students, general follow legal professionals, and trade unionists, authorities officers, and lecturers from different countries. It covers such matters as the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practices, the collective bargaining relationship, dispute decision, the general public sector, and public-curiosity labor law. This thoroughly updated fourth edition comprises in depth new material, protecting developments within the eleven years because the third edition, together with the persevering with decline in union membership, job security rights, wrongful discharge litigation and dispute decision procedures, ADA (Individuals with Disabilities Act) litigation, circumstances involving sexual harassment and sexual orientation, the most recent collective bargaining agreements in professional sports activities, and the controversy -- spurred by globalism -- on worldwide labor standards. A lot of the discussion of the National Labor Relations Act discusses decisions and coverage modifications by the National Labor Relations Board during the writer's chairmanship in 1994-1998.
The fourth edition of Gould's *Primer on American Labor Law* brings the most simple and balanced work within the field up to date. Informed by a deep understanding of American collective bargaining, this is a book whose usefulness within the classroom is matched by its value as a ready reference for scholars. It merits a outstanding place in a single's personal library.
Union leaders need a transparent understanding of US labor laws to make effective strategic choices about the best way to organize, bargain, and build power for the working folks we represent. We've got relied on the sooner editions of Gould's *Primer* as a elementary resource. Now, together with his expertise as chairman of the Nationwide Labor Relations Board, Gould brings us new insights into changing labor policy and case law. This fourth version belongs on each union chief's shelf.
