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Labor Relations

A Select Guide to Basic Sources and Research Strategies in
Arbitration, Collective Bargaining,  etc.

 Reference Materials | Bureau of National Affairs Publications | Indexes, Abstracts, News | Industrial Relations WWW Sites | Journals, Conference Proceedings, Annual Reports | Law, Regulations and Court Decisions | Organizations, Agencies, Unions  | Subject Headings for Library Online Catalogs

AFL-CIO. Today’s Unions.
http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm

American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/

National Academy of Arbitrators
http://www.naarb.org/

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
http://www.nlrb.gov/

Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://www.flra.gov/

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
http://www.fmcs.gov/

    The FMCS provides services in arbitration, dispute mediation, preventative mediation
    and alternative dispute resolution

Law, Regulations and Court Decisions

Lexis-Nexis (Authorized SHC users only)

Courts, Regulations, etc.

Indexes, Abstracts, News (Authorized SHC users only)

IAC Searchbank (Suggested file: General Business Sources)
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (Suggested files: General News Topics, Legal News, Company News)

Cornell University Legal Information Institute. Institute for Collective Bargaining.
http://lii.law.cornell.edu/topics/collective_bargaining.html 

Uniform Arbitration Act as enacted by various states 

Recent Decisions on Collective Bargaining U.S. Supreme Court

Recent Decisions on Collective Bargaining U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
http://www.ilir.uiuc.edu

Basic Reference Materials

*Check your library or a law library for the availability of the following resources:

Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques. Chesterland, OH : Business Laws, Inc., 1994.
   KF 9084 .C59 1994 STACKS

Basic Patterns in Union Contracts. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1948-present.

Cumulative Digest and Index with Tables of Cases Covering … Wage and Hour Cases. Washington, D.C. :
    Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1939- present.

Directory of Arbitrators. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, 1949-present.

Guidebook to Skill Building for Labor-Management Committees. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
    Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, 1991.

Labor Arbitration Cumulative Digest and Index with Contract Terms Interpreted, Table of Cases.
    Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

Labor Relations Reference Manual (LRRM). Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1937-present.
     (Semiannual)

Martindale-Hubbell Dispute Resolution Directory. (A directory of arbitrators and services)

Source Book on Collective Bargaining : Wages, Benefits and Other Contract Issues. Washington, D.C. :
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1995-present. (Annual)

Finding Journals, Conference Proceedings, Annual Reports in a Library Online Catalog

Online Catalog Subject Headings:

Arbitration and award--Periodicals *
Arbitration, Industrial—United States—Periodicals *
Conflict management--Periodicals *

* Notice that the subdivision "periodicals" follows the main concept

Labor Specific Journals

Additional Publications from the Bureau of National Affairs

Bureau of National Affairs WWW
http://zeus.bna.com/

Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.,
    1945-present. (Biweekly).

Daily Labor Report. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Daily except Saturdays,
    Sundays and holidays.

Grievance Guide, 9^th ed. by the BNA Editorial Staff. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.,
    1995.

Labor Arbitration Reports. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1946-present.
    Published in conjunction with: Labor Relations Reporter.
    Updated weekly by: Labor Relations Reporter. Labor Arbitration and Dispute Settlements;
    which began with:Vol. 91, no. 18 (Jan. 11, 1989) and was formerly issued as a section
    of: Labor relations reporter.

Labor Relations Cumulative Digest and Index. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
    1961-present. (quinquennial)

Labor Relations Cumulative Digest and Index with Table of Cases. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of
    National Affairs, Inc., 1946-present. (annual)

Labor Relations Reporter. Labor Management Relations. Decisions of the Boards and Courts. (Irregular)
    http://www.bna.com/lrr/lrrindx.htm

Labor Relations Week. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Weekly with quarterly
    indexes and annual cumulations.

    LRW facilitates tracking of current developments and emerging trends in labor relations.
    Covers collective bargaining agreements and highlights effective labor-management
    programs.

Wage and Hour Cases. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1942-present. (Irregular) 

Subject Headings for Library Online Catalogs

contract labor
temporary employment
part-time employment
collective bargaining
industrial management
labor productivity
labor contracts
labor laws and legislation
job satisfaction
total quality management
arbitration

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Content Contact:  Bret Heim
Content revised: 10/98