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- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- 22 Obtaining a First Contract after Winning Recognition
- 23 Advancing Global Labor Standards
- 24 Organizing for Workplace Rights When Immigration Law Discourages It
- 25 The Central Role of the Right to Strike
- 26 Organizational Power for Workers within the Firm
- 27 Returning Members-Only Collective Bargaining to the American Workplace
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
25 - The Central Role of the Right to Strike
from Part V - Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- 22 Obtaining a First Contract after Winning Recognition
- 23 Advancing Global Labor Standards
- 24 Organizing for Workplace Rights When Immigration Law Discourages It
- 25 The Central Role of the Right to Strike
- 26 Organizational Power for Workers within the Firm
- 27 Returning Members-Only Collective Bargaining to the American Workplace
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
Summary
The Wagner Act announced the law’s support for collective bargaining but it did not provide a way of resolving bargaining impasses. Neither the National Labor Relations Board nor the courts were given the power to impose the terms of a settlement on the parties. Free collective bargaining was the goal, while government involvement was intended to be minimal. Since unions and employers come to the bargaining table with markedly different goals, it was understood that the process of reaching agreement would often be difficult and sometimes impossible without some technique that would facilitate compromise and agreement.
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