Labor-management relations

The rights of chemists, employers, and professional societies are discussed in relation to layoffs and other grievances where the Labor Management Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1954, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 apply. Instances of political discrimination, blacklisting, employee entrapment and dismissal, and no-switching agreements are also included in the discussion. 

In addition, it addresses a number of complex issues including labor-management relations, Federal coal leasing policy, and Government regulation of the coal industry. 

For the ultimate proof of what Merck is like as a taskmaster, look at its labor-management relations. In half a century, there have been only three strikes, the last in 1984. 

Teamwork can also be incompatible with cultural norms. The United States has a very individualistic culture (Hofstede 1980). In addition, organizational norms, practices, and labor—management relations may be incompatible with team job design, making its use more difficult. 

Would labor-management relations be favorable to group job design ... 

Osterman, R (1989), in The Challenge of New Technology to Labor-Management Relations BLMR 135. Summary of a conference sponsored by the Bureau of Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of libor, Washington, DC. 

Current areas of concentration for these programs include causes, consequences, and measures to alleviate unemployment social insurance and income maintenance programs compensation workforce quality work arrangements family labor issues labor-management relations and regional economic development and local labor markets. 

Walton, R., Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., and McKersie, R. 2000. Strategic Negotiations A Theory of Change in Labor-Management Relations. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 

Rosenblum, J. D. (1998). Copper crucible How the Arizona miner s strike of 1983 recast labor management relations in America. Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press. 

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