TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture An introduction to collective bargaining and industrial relations (4e) – Chapter 2: The historical evolution of the U.S. industrial relations system

Chapter 2 - The historical evolution of the . industrial relations system. The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: The colonial and preindustrial era, early unionism, the need for national unions, the rise of the AFL, the evolution of management in industrial relations, the rise of industrial unionism, the new deal labor policy, the Post-World War II evolution of the new deal system. | Chapter 2 The Historical Evolution of the . Industrial Relations System McGraw Hill Irwin An Introduction to Collective Bargaining amp Industrial Relations 4e Copyright 2008 The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. 1 3 2 3 The Colonial and Pre Industrial Era Master Servant From colonial times to the Revolutionary War employment principles were dominated by this British common law Many early settlers were indentured to a ship owner who sold the servant to an employer for up to seven years Many were forsaken husbands and wives runaway children kidnapped or criminals 1 4 2 4 The Dominance of Agriculture Colonial employers were eager for workers Shortage of workers on farms and plantations Indentured servants supplemented by slaves 1609 first slaves imported into Virginia 1808 slave trade outlawed At the same time there were a growing number of artisan services and manufacturers such as shopkeepers toolmakers blacksmiths 1 5 2 5 A Shortage of Skilled Labor Colonial employers complained of excessive rates for skilled labor Employers and communities tried to lure workers away from each other Massachusetts Bay Colony tried to regulate competition for workers by putting a limit on wages Efforts failed due to a growing demand for labor 1 6 2 6 Labor Force Diversity Ranged from indentured servants slaves immigrants skilled artisans shopkeepers and farmers of both sexes and color Diversity reduced the class consciousness that helped unions develop in Europe Expanding opportunity meant little interest in unions in the preindustrial 18th century 1 7 2 7 Early Unionism Developed with the industrial revolution Early mills imposed strong discipline and socialization on immigrants Rules of the Lawrence Manufacturing Co No person can be employed .whose known habits are or shall be dissolute indolent dishonest intemperate or who habitually absent themselves from public who may be addicted to gambling of any kind 1 8 2 8 The First Trade Unions First groups .

• Quản trị kinh doanh
• Collective bargaining
• Industrial relations
• Thương lượng tập thể
• Quan hệ lao động
• Industrial relations system
• Historical evolution
• The public sector
• Management strategies
• Structures for collective bargaining
• Workplace level
• Strategic level
• Legal regulation
• Conspiracy doctrine
• Labor policy
• Collective bargaining agreement
• Union organizing
• Bargaining structures
• Bargaining power
• Public policy
• Negotiations process
• Distributive bargaining
• Interest based bargaining