Week 1, January 15: History of the Labor Movement: Theories, Laws and Stylized Facts

CH: Chpt 1, 2: 51-61, and the NLRA on pp. 568-597

Week 2, January 22: Continue History, The Role of the NLRB,

CH: Chpts. 1, 3,4

Lectures will also make use of material from Bodah, O'Connell, LeRoy

Cases: Case 1-2; Arb 1; Case 2-1, Case 2-2

Weeks 3-5 January 29, February 5, Feb 12: Supply of and Demand for Union Services, Defining a Bargaining Unit

Lectures will also make use of material from Farber, Farber and Krueger, Dickens, Fine, Hurd, and Fiorito

CH: Continue Chpts. 3,4

Week 6: February 19: Finish Defining a Bargaining Unit, Union Organization

CH: Finish Chpts. 3,4

Lectures will also make use of material from Thieblot, Fine, and Eaton et al

Week 7: February 26: Class starts at 5PM. Bargaining

CH: Chpt. 5

Lectures will also make use of material from Flanagan, McMillan

Week 8: March 4: Continue Bargaining

CH: Finish Chpt. 5. Start Chpt. 6

Lectures will also make use of material from Flanagan, McMillan

Week 9: March 11: Games, in-class simulation

Lectures will make use of material from McMillan

Week 10: March 25: Mid Term Exam, Finish Strikes

Lectures will make use of material from Gunderson and Melino; Hutchens, Lipskey and Stern, and Singh and Jain

Week 11: April 1: Computerized Bargaining Simulation, Review Exam, start material for Week 12 if timne permits

Read relevant parts of Collective Bargaining Simulated, do prior assignments, read C&H: 298-309.

Week 12: April 8: Economic Effects of Unions on Wages, Benefits, Profits, Productivity

CH: Chpts. 6, 7, papers in sections VII, VIII, and XII of syllabus

Week 13: April 15: Guest Lecture by J. Peter Mattila on Public Sector Unions

CH: Chpt 1: 34-41; Chpt. 5: 246-254; and Chpt. 11

Week 14: April 22: Guest lecture by Danny Mabe and Rosemary Hayes of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

CH: Chpts. 9-10

Week 15: Union Effects on Pensions and Profits (completing material from Week 12); Unions and High Performance Human Resource Practices

Materail from section XIII of the syllabus

Case Assignments

January 29: Cases: Arb 2; Case 3-1; Case 3-2;

February 5: Class cancelled due to weather

February 12: Cases: Arb 3; Cases 4-1, 4-2

February 19: Cases: Arb 4, Cases 5-1, 5-2

February 26: Cases: Arb 5, Cases 6-1, 6-2

March 4: Arb 6

March 11: Case: 7-1

March 25: Case: 7-2

April 1: None

April 8: Cases: Arb 7, Cases 8-1, 8-2, Arb 8

April 15: None

April 22: None

April 29: Cases: 9-1, 9-2 Arb 9