Collective Bargaining

This course is an introduction to the collective bargaining process, examining historical, economic, legal, psychological, sociological/cultural, and tactical perspectives. Building on a review of the legal framework for collective bargaining, students analyze actual current collective bargaining agreements from their places of employment. (For students unable to obtain a copy of a collective bargaining agreement [CBA], one will be furnished for class use.) Students, assigned as duty officers on a rotating basis, provide brief reports to the class regarding a current labor-relations issue or collective bargaining development of interest. In addition to a comprehensive final examination, a negotiation project will be submitted.