Labor Relations

by Arthur A. Sloane, Fred Witney

For undergraduate and graduate labor relations courses.

Learn How Unions and Management Deal with One Another During the Negotiating Process
In the best-selling text, Labor Relations , Sloane/Witney provide readers with a basic understanding of unionism.

In this T hirteenth Edition , chapters have been streamlined to make room for numerous additions and visual aids, addressing a number of new issues and legislation that have arisen in the last few years. Discussions of Wal-Mart, bargaining, two-tier wage systems, pensions and retirement plans, and a host of other topics have been expanded as well.

480 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1972

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't typically review textbooks, which usually exist outside the scope of literary critique. But this textbook... stands out. The majority of it is decidedly biased toward labor organizations, although if you sift through the sophomoric writing, there is evidence that the authors acknowledge the position of management as well. That's the issue: the prose is so often amusing, it's hard to tell where learning begins and entertainment ends. Do I need to know that a common bargaining tactic at the early stages of negotiating is to introduce far-fetched proposals? Yes, that is useful information. Did I need to know that those proposals are so far-fetched that they demonstrate "a greater use of vivid imagination than that shown by Penn and Teller, Stephen King, and Woody Allen combined"? Um...

[Catherine Wasylewski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Admirably objective, but very dry reading.