Labor Unions and the Internet: Bargaining Prep

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.

From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School, provides an overview and links to federal, state, and international legal material.

Eurofound’s long-established observatories on industrial relations (EIRO) and working conditions (EWCO) have now been combined to form EurWORK: the European Observatory of Working Life. EurWORK gathers all Eurofound's resources on working conditions and industrial relations, and is supported by a network of European correspondents across all EU Member States and Norway. Eurofound runs two regular surveys on working life issues: the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Company Survey (ECS).

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.

Resources for collective bargaining, including Mid-Contract Bargaining Changes.

The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America provides this page to help union negotiators cost out contracts.