"This textbook presents labour relations as a system for striking a balance between the employment relationship goals of efficiency , equity, and voice and between the rights of labor and management"--

"Employment Relations is widely taught in business schools around the world. However, an increasing emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relationships between employers and workers. It is becoming crucial to consider today's work and employment issues...

Foundations -- Contemporary labor relations : objectives, practices, and challenges -- Labor unions : good or bad -- The U.S. new deal industrial relations system -- Historical development -- Labor law -- Labor and management : strategies, structures, and constraints -- Union organizing --...

A framework for analyzing collective bargaining and labor relations -- The historical evolution of the U.S. labor relations system -- The law and legal systems -- The role of the environment -- Management strategies and structures for collective bargaining -- Union strategies and structures for...