Labor relations : development, structure, process / John A. Fossum, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The evolution of american labor -- Employment law and federal agencies -- Union structure and a government -- Unions : member and leader attitudes, behaviors, and political activities -- Union organizing campaigns -- Union avoidance : rationale, strategies, and practices -- The environment for bargaining -- Wage and benefit issues in bargaining -- Nonwage issues in bargaining -- Contract negotiations -- Impasses and their resolution -- Union-management cooperation -- Contract administration -- Grievance arbitration -- Public sector labor relations -- A survey of labor relations in market economies -- Glossary -- Author index -- Subject index.