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Unique Nature Of The Coal Mining Industry--Are The Labor Law Rules Determining When Two Employers Should Be Treated As One Different For The Coal Industry, Forrest H. Roles

West Virginia Law Review

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Post-Modern Labor-Management Relations: The Southwestern Bell/Communications Workers Strategic Alliance, Roger L. Abrams

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

This article explores the labor relations system established by Southwestern Bell in cooperation with the Communications Workers after divestment in the telephone industry. It explains how positive labor-management relationships with open communication can enhance productivity and foster other positive benefits for concerned parties. The article was first presented by Dean Abrams at an international conference on labor relations conducted under NAFTA held in La Jolla, California.

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Pathways To Change: Case Studies Of Strategic Negotiations, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Robert B. Mckersie, Richard E. Walton

Upjohn Press

The authors identify and analyze the strategies for change and techniques most often used in today's labor negotiations. Nearly gone, they say, is the traditional "arms length" approach used by negotiators in the past. Instead, modern collective bargaining is characterized mainly by divergent strategies the authors characterize as either "forcing" (highly contentious) or "fostering" (highly cooperative). A dozen detailed case studies from a variety of industries are presented that show when, why and how these strategies are used, by whom, and to what result. These cases clearly demonstrate the use of both forcing and fostering strategies, as well as their …