How to protect your company from being salted by union

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS

Tenth Edition

Michael R. Carrell

Founding Director Alternative Dispute Resolution Center

Northern Kentucky University

Christina Heavrin, J.D

Former Labor Negotiator and Special Counsel to the Mayor Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government

Louisville, Kentucky

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carrell, Michael R.

Labor relations and collective bargaining : private and public sectors / Michael R. Carrell, Christina Heavrin. — 10th ed. p. cm.

9th ed. has subtitle: Cases, practice, and law. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-273001-3 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-13-273001-4 (alk. paper)

1. Collective labor agreements—United States. 2. Collective bargaining—Law and legislation—United States. 3. Industrial relations—United States. I. Heavrin, Christina. II. Title. KF3408.C37 2013 344.7301'89—dc23

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ISBN 10: 0-13-273001-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-273001-3

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DEDICATION

We dedicate this work to the thousands of former students who inspired us to write yet another edition of this book!

In addition, we dedicate it to our colleagues on both sides of the negotiation table, from whom we have learned through practice much of the material presented in this book.

Finally, we dedicate it to our families, who have given us time on weekends, holidays, and evenings to write books:

Colleen Sue, my wife, loving mother of our girls, and 2011 “Employee of the Year” Shari Diane, my firstborn and a model parent and homeowner Amber Maureen, my Hanover College graduate and Oregon graduate student Lexi Savannah, my NKU Accounting and Spanish major, and her new husband Sean Toon Annabelle Michael, my Dixie Heights High School 2011 Valedictorian Autumn Rain, Boompa’s dance partner and first grader