03448nam 2200673Ia 450 991095436610332120200520144314.097814399037041439903700(CKB)2670000000055842(EBL)616008(OCoLC)693761467(SSID)ssj0000517341(PQKBManifestationID)11332271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517341(PQKBWorkID)10487726(PQKB)10180150(OCoLC)694147126(MdBmJHUP)muse15475(Au-PeEL)EBL616008(CaPaEBR)ebr10428925(CaONFJC)MIL289910(MiAaPQ)EBC616008(Perlego)2039769(EXLCZ)99267000000005584219941019d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBroken promise the subversion of U.S. labor relations policy, 1947-1994 /James A. Gross1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press19951 online resource (423 p.)Labor And Social ChangeDescription based upon print version of record.9781566393256 1566393256 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Taft-Hartley: A Fundamental Change in Labor Policy or Merely Adjustments to Eliminate Abuses?; 2. Political Maneuvering to Control a New Law, a New Board, and a New Labor Czar; 3. Improper Influences; 4. Repeal Taft-Hurley: A Tale of Missed Opportunities; 5. Taft-Hurley Was Here to Stay; 6. Bargaining National Labor Policy: A Misguided Process; 7. The Eisenhower Board Remakes Labor Policy; 8. Labor Law Reform, Employer Style; 9. The New Frontier Labor Board: A Commitment to Industrial Democracy10. A New Labor Policy: Taking Industrial Democracy Seriously11. Irreconcilable Differences; 12. Making the Law Favor Employers Again; 13. Management Interests over Workers' Statutory Rights: The Final Irrelevance of National Labor Policy?; 14. Conclusion; Notes; IndexThe Wagner Act of 1935 (later the Wagner-Taft-Hartley Act of 1947) was intended to democratize vast numbers of American workplaces: the federal government was to encourage worker organization and the substitution of collective bargaining for employers' unilateral determination of vital work-place matters. Yet this system of industrial democracy was never realized; the promise was ""broken."" In this rare inside look at the process of government regulation over the last forty-five years, James A. Gross analyzes why the promise of the policy was never fulfilled. Gross looks at how the NatiLabor And Social ChangeLabor policyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryIndustrial relationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLabor laws and legislationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLabor policyHistoryIndustrial relationsHistoryLabor laws and legislationHistory331/.0973Gross James A.1933-1625111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954366103321Broken promise4359259UNINA