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This course follows the broad contours of American labor-management history, with an emphasis on the sources of growth and decline of the modern labor movement. Factors examined include: forms of employer and union organization, legal status of unions, immigration, race, gender, globalization, technology, politics, and ideology. Organizations surveyed include: Knights of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the AFL-CIO. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: Upper div standing; IR2210 or permission of instructor.
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The global economy has pushed issues such as free trade vs. fair trade, international investment, distribution of income, health care policies, child and sweatshop labor, and the legal rights of labor unions unto center stage. This course examines union and employer views and activities regarding these and other important public policy issues including minimum wage, unemployment insurance, worker compensation, and occupational safety and health. Offered every year. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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Examines labor-managment relations system in selected countries. A comparitive approach is used, drawing on the varied experiences of advanced and less developed countries. The course compares the goals and tactics adopted by labor movements and by employers in the face of varying legal systems, degrees of economic and social development, and economic pressures. Countries to be examined vary, but the United States is always used as a comparison country. Offered every two years. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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A study of the principles of modern collective bargaining: bargaining environments and structures; preparing bargaining demands; costing economic and non-economic issues; and resolving a collective bargaining impasse. Students will examine methods (strikes, boycotts, lockouts, replacements, lobbying, mediation, arbitration, etc.) of achieving collective bargaining goals; procedures (grievances and arbitration) for administering collectively bargained agreements. Content includes reviews of major labor legislation; procedures of national and state labor relations boards role of shop steward and line supervisor. Offered every year. Prerequisite: ECII placement .
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Women, minority workers, and part-time employees make up more than one-half of the labor force today. This course focuses on their historical relationships to the labor market and their positions today. It studies issues of race, gender, and national origin as they impact on compensation and employment opportunities. Traces history of efforts to achieve equal treatment from employers and labor unions. Advantages of multi-cultural perspectives for employers. Offered every two years. Prerequesite: Upper-division standing.
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Develops different frameworks for understanding today's labor markets, ranging from market-based to institutionalist theories. Include analysis of current trends, major factors affecting the labor supply (e.g., automation, investment policies, business cycle, productivity). Offered every year. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
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This course studies the function of arbitration in the field of labor-management relations, including an analysis of principles and practices, the law of arbitration, the handling of materials in briefs and oral presentations, the conduct of an arbitration hearing, and the preparation of arbitratrion opinion and award. Students also study the use of mediation in resolving contract grievances. Offered every other year. Prerequisite: Upper-Division Standing.
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The modern corporation viewed as the dominant institution of the 21st century. Major areas of study include: historical development; multinationals and conglomerates in today's global economy; political and economic power; private planning; labor relations. Offered every other year. Prerequisite: Upper-Division Standing.
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The modern corporations viewed as the dominant institution of the 21st century. Students will learn about the development of private and governmental corporations in China and, secondarily, in the United States. They will study their changing role in the economy, government, economic development, labor relations, and foreign policy. Pre-Requisites: Upper Division and English Language Proficiency (EMS).
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