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Phone: 294-8656

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Midterm, March 25

Sample Questions

Syllabus

Case Assignments

Computer Simulation Preparations

PowerPoint slides

January 15:Europe v. U.S. Labor Movements: Intellectual History and Stylized Facts

January 15-22:History of the U.S. Labor Movement and Labor Law

January 22:The National Labor Relations Board

January 29:Incentives to Join Unions, Supply Union Services, or resist Union Representation

Feb 19: Setting up a Bargaining Unit

Feb 19: Organization

Feb. 26: Difference in HR between union and nonunion settings

Feb. 26, March 4: Legal Requirements for Bargaining

March 4, 11: Game Theory and Bargaining Strategy

March 25: Strikes

April 8: Impact of Unions on Wages and Benefits

April 29: Unions and High Performance Human Resource Practices

Overheads

January 15:Europe v. U.S. Union Density

January 22: Supply of Union Services, by expected marginal return

January 22:Union membership by demographic group, industry, and occupation

January 22:Example of a Union web page encouraging membership