Preparation - ILRGL 2050: Labor Relations (Wolf - Fall 2025)

Background Information

Labor PLUS (Bloomberg Law)
The Labor PLUS database includes five components: NLRB Elections , Work Stoppages , Unfair Labor Practice Charges , Settlement Summaries , and Contract Expirations. Each component allows searching and filtering by criteria such as union, employer, geography, industry, and date.

Collective Bargaining FAQs (University of Hawaii)
This FAQ explains the basics of collective bargaining law in the private sector, from employees' rights to form a union to holding a union election to mandatory subjects of bargaining. The explanations are clear but brief.
Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School, provides an overview and links to federal, state, and international legal material.
MU Labor Education Program (Univ. of Missouri--Columbia)
This is a set of lectures by Paul K. Rainsberger, director of Univ. of Missouri--Columbia's Labor Education program, on collective bargaining. Topics include: Historical Models, Behavioral Factors Influencing Union Bargaining Power, Effective Negotiations, The Bargaining Climate, Techniques, and The Arithmetic of Collective Bargaining. The lectures are oriented towards labor students and are practitioner-oriented.
Negotiations/Contract (UE)
Resources for collective bargaining, including Mid-Contract Bargaining Changes.
Numbers Crunching for Negotiations (UE)
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America provides this page to help union negotiators cost out contracts.