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Collective bargaining in college dorms / Patrick P. McHugh.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473956360 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.890973 23
Online resources: This case promotes learning about the labor relations process in the United States. The case follows the actual efforts of undergraduate resident assistants (RAs) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) who sought to be represented by the United Auto Workers union for collective bargaining purposes. The case highlights: the legal parameters regulating labor relations; the factors contributing to employee interest in union representation; union election campaign strategies and activities of employers and unions; the influence stakeholders have on labor-management relations; the importance of pre-contract negotiations; the interpretation of the outcome of contract negotiations; and the important role of contract administration.
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Originally Published in: McHugh, P. P. (2011). Collective Bargaining in College Dorms. Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management.

This case promotes learning about the labor relations process in the United States. The case follows the actual efforts of undergraduate resident assistants (RAs) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) who sought to be represented by the United Auto Workers union for collective bargaining purposes. The case highlights: the legal parameters regulating labor relations; the factors contributing to employee interest in union representation; union election campaign strategies and activities of employers and unions; the influence stakeholders have on labor-management relations; the importance of pre-contract negotiations; the interpretation of the outcome of contract negotiations; and the important role of contract administration.

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