LABOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP WORKBOOK

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Texas AFL-CIO
in association with
The University of North Texas
Labor Education Program
Lewis M. Abernathy, Sr.
Program Director
Andy Jones, Instructor

{Workbook Table of Contents}    {UNT Economics Department}

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents:

BACKGROUND READINGS
The Deal is Dead
Labor and Politics
Planning for Union Power
The Melian Debate
Negotiations for Unionists
Prepare for Collective Bargaining with Power and Planning
STEWARD TRAINING
Unions and the Grievance Procedure
Baker's Dozen
Seven Tests for Just Cause
Grievance Checklist
The Right to Information
Weingarten Rights
Duty of Fair Representation
How Far Can You Go
ORGANIZING
Organizing Guide for Local Unions
Reaching Our Union's Goals
Mobilization CWA
Union Control at Randall
Mazda Contract Campaign
NEGOTIATIONS
The Union Negotiator
Choice of Negotiator
Table Tactics
Trust in Negotiations
Stating the Union's Demands
The Negotiating Team
The Negotiating Committee
Negotiations Training for the Local Union
Financial Information for Collective Bargaining
Employer's Duty to Provide Information
Negotiations and the Law
Two Dozen Rules for Union Negotiators
Bargaining for Wages
Texas Tool Bargaining Simulations
Negotiations Simulations
WORKER PARTICIPATION
EI: Tough Choices for Unions
Survey of Union Membership Attitudes
Necessary Elements
Levels of Worker Influence
Three Structural Components
Special Task Forces
Autonomous Work Groups
Area-Wide Union Committee
Union Empowering Guidelines Exercise
BUILDING TRADES
Two Decades of Turmoil
Capital Strategies
Buying the Job
Jobs vs. the Environment

 

 

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