Articles
Collective Bargaining in the Era of Grocery Industry Restructuring, Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] As UFCW international and local leaders know from first hand experience, there have been...
Neutrality Agreements: Innovative, Controversial, and Labor’s Hope for the Future, Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] In spite of the criticisms, there can be little doubt that labor’s campaigns to...
The Origins, Effectiveness and Future of Neutrality Agreements, Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] The 2006 hotel campaign epitomizes the contemporary union practice of bargaining to organize. As...
Reflections on PATCO’s Legacy: Labor’s Strategic Challenges Persist, Articles & Chapters (2006)
[Excerpt] The 1981 strike by over 11,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization...
Dueling Federations: U.S. Labor in 2006, Articles & Chapters (2006)
[Excerpt] Labor unity in the U.S. lasted exactly half a century. At the convention to...
Contributions to Books
Unionization of Professional and Technical Workers: The Labor Market and Institutional Transformation (with John Bunge), Articles & Chapters (2004)
[Excerpt] Established institutions that serve the interests of white-collar workers find themselves at a critical...
Building Social Movement Unionism: The Transformation of the American Labor Movement (with Lowell Turner), Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] In the United States, the renewed energy displayed by the labor movement is particularly...
Overcoming Obstacles to Transformation: Challenges on the Way to a New Unionism (with Bill Fletcher Jr.), Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] The change to organizing requires more than a shift in resources. It is difficult...
Revival of the American Labor Movement: Issues, Problems, Prospects (with Lowell Turner and Harry C. Katz), Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] The purpose of this book is to examine union revitalization efforts: to identify central...
Political Will, Local Union Transformation, and the Organizing Imperative (with Bill Fletcher Jr.), Articles & Chapters (1999)
[Excerpt] As part of its ongoing commitment, SEIU has devoted increasing attention to the challenge...
Other
Unionization Among College Faculty - 1996 (with Amy Foerster), Articles & Chapters (1996)
[Excerpt] Unionization among college and university faculty continued its slow but steady increase in 1995....
Assault on Workers’ Rights, Labor Unions (1994)
The cases in this report describe employers' blatant contempt for the rights of workers to...
The Unionization of Clerical, Technical, and Professional Employees in Higher Education: Threat or Opportunity, Articles & Chapters (1993)
[Excerpt] Union organizing among non-teaching white collar employees of colleges and universities persists. To the...
Barriers to Union Organizing, Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Speeches (1992)
[Excerpt] The current environment presents dramatic challenges for the American labor movement. Structural change in...
A Preliminary Report on Non-Faculty Bargaining at Colleges and Universities - 1993 (with Elizabeth O'Leary), Articles & Chapters (1992)
[Excerpt] Although we will present more detailed data in subsequent sections, we would like to...