LIR 542

Credit: 4 hours.

(L I R 442) Examination of: social values and social science concepts to develop a framework for explaining the basis and shape of collective bargaining as it has been practiced in the United States; government and law, unions, and employers as part of the development of this framework; the environment of collective bargaining with respect to the role of economics and bargaining structure; the negotiating process as the interactive basis for union-management relations; conflict and conflict resolution as part of the negotiating process; wage and other effects of collective bargaining as bargaining outcomes; contemporary changes in union management relations. Case materials and exercises may be used to supplement course materials.

Same as ECON 542. Graduate credit is not given for both ECON 343 and LIR 542. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Priority to LIR graduate students.