Union Organizing and Public Policy

Failure to Secure First Contracts

Investigates factors that explain why 25-30 percent of the time unions fail to obtain collective bargaining agreements after winning the right to negotiate.

1. Evolution of the National Labor Relations Act
2. The National Labor Relations Board
3. An Empirical Investigation of First-Contract Negotiation Outcomes
4. Policy Implications and Recommendations
5. Summary and Conclusions

159 pp. 1985
$15 paper ISBN 0-88099-027-9 / ISBN-13 978-0-88099-027-1. Customer Service - for phone, fax or mail orders, if you have any questions, or if you'd like to download our order form.