by Arnold Zack[1] Written March 13, 2009 The proposed Employee Free Choice Act calls for mediation and arbitration of first contracts if the parties do not reach a negotiated agreement within 90 days.  By so ensuring an initial contract, the framers of the bill hope to successfully establish the beginnings of collective bargaining institutions and [...]

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written on November 23, 2008 by: Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University Carrie Leana, University of Pittsburgh The Obama Administration plan for addressing the deep economic crisis calls for an immediate stimulus package and significant investments in key industries such as infrastructure, renewable energies, health care, and perhaps others yet to be [...]

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by Thomas A. Kochan Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 23, 2009 This is an open letter urging leaders in the labor and employment relations community to work together to support the nation’s efforts to recover from our deep economic crisis.  Our predecessors did so in times of past national crises.  Now it is our time [...]

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