Reflections on the Transformation of Industrial Relations

The profound changes in relationship between employers and employees during the 1980s have included increases in the extent of employee participation, declining unionization, wage restraint, concession bargaining, and labor management cooperation. These essays, by many of the leading scholars in the field, examine whether these significant changes constitute a fundamental transformation of the American system of industrial relations.

Contributors: James Chelius, James Dworkin, Richard N. Block, James E. Martin, James P. Begin, George Strauss, Jack Fiorito, Myron J. Roomkin, Hervey A. Juris, John Fossum, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Richard B. Peterson, William Bigoness, Jacques Rojot, Anil Verma, Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, Robert B. McKersie, and David Lewin.