This comprehensive casebook is designed for an intensive examination of the union-management relationship throughout its major phases. Largely tracking the organization of the National Labor Relations Act, it begins with a focus on the right of employees to join together for organizational purposes, regulation of the union organizing process, and representation questions, and continues with the use of economic weapons, the development of bargaining relationships, the negotiation of collective agreements, and the enforcement of those agreements. The book concludes with a treatment of the relationship between the NLRA and other federal and state statutes, including interaction with Title VII, the main preemption doctrines, and the enforcement of strike bans and the Norris LaGuardia Act. The text responds generously to the most significant current developments in the field, while simultaneously providing a set of materials that will be truly manageable in the usual three- or four-hour courses.

The fifteenth edition is fully updated, and includes materials on the NLRB's new framework for voluntary recognition as well as a thorough discussion of recent challenges to the constitutionality of the NLRA. The book also includes over sixty hypothetical problems designed to test students' knowledge of existing doctrines and push them to explore issues that don't have ready answers. As with previous editions, the book will be supplemented with a comprehensive teacher's manual (including complete explanations of the hypothetical problems as well as sample syllabuses and examinations) and a biennial supplement to keep the book up-to-date.