Includes bibliographical references (pages 837-847) and index.
[Pt. 1.] Introduction: labor law, the Federal Labor Act and the NLRB: -- A sketch of the history of American labor law -- The structure and operations of the National Labor Relations Board -- The coverage of the Labor Act and the jurisdiction of the board -- [pt. 2.] Securing representative status: -- Representation cases: procedures -- Representation cases: the appropriate bargaining unit -- Securing bargaining rights through unfair labor practice proceedings -- [pt. 3.] Restraint and coercion of employee rights to organize: -- Interference with employee free choice -- Interference with union access to company property -- Employer domination and support of unions -- [pt. 4.] The legality of concerted activity: -- Constitutional protection for peaceful concerted activity and the outlawry of union violence -- Recognition picketing -- Secondary boycotts -- Jurisdictional disputes -- Featherbedding -- Remedies for union unfair labor practices -- [pt. 5.] The balance of economic weapons: -- Protected and unprotected concerted activity
Employer countermeasures to concerted activity -- National emergency disputes -- [pt. 6.] The duty to bargain in good faith with the majority representative: -- The principle of exclusive representation -- The duty to bargain in good faith -- The subjects of collective bargaining -- Bargaining remedies -- [pt. 7.] Enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement: -- The collective bargaining agreement and the duty to arbitrate -- Arbitration and the successor employer -- Judicial review of arbitration awards -- Enforcement of the no-strike clause -- Labor and the antitrust laws -- [pt. 8.] The union and the individual employee: -- Union security agreements -- Union discipline of members -- The union's duty of fair representation -- [pt. 9.] Regulatory conflict and accommodation: -- The arbitrator and the National Labor Relations Board -- Preemption of state regulation -- Appendices: -- Text of statutes -- Official National Labor Relations Board forms -- Bibliography