Industrial Relations

Industrial Relations
(220:303)

Prof. Leo Troy

Research
resources
compiled by
Ka-Neng Au
(au@rutgers.edu)

Concepts

The topic "Will an Amended Pro-Union NLRA Revive Private Unionism" will require that you consider many possible issues related to organized labor and industrial relations. Use the following terms or keywords to help sort out your thoughts:

legislation
regulations
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board

funding
organizing
representation
union dues

balloting
card check
lobbying
membership

You should think of other related concepts to provide more focus to your research.

Articles

To locate articles in general business and economics journals and magazines, use Business Source Premier. , enter keywords and then select appropriate fields.
To locate articles in local and national newspapers, use LexisNexis Academic. Start with then choose "General News" and then select "Major Papers."
For references to articles in scholarly Economics journals, use EconLit from the American Economic Association. Note that you will only see abstracts of the articles; for the full-text, click on which will lead to locations of the journals.
For references to articles in related subjects, e.g. government, politics, public affairs, use PAIS International. Note that you will only see abstracts of the articles; for the full-text, click on which will lead to locations of the journals.

Books

Use IRIS, our online catalog, to locate books which may help you. Note that there are several ways to search, including TITLE keyword and SUBJECT keyword. Books that are not at Dana may be requested from other libraries with the Deliver / Recall button.

Web Resources

The full text of the National Labor Relations Act is available as a single document from the National Labor Relations Board or by sections from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.

Refer to the NLRB site for information on Workplace Rights and NLRA Violations. You can also consult these two booklets on the NLRA from the law firm of Fisher & Phillips:

Here is a sampling of resources from selected organizations:

Capital Research Center Publications (select Labor Watch)
Center for Union Facts
Employment Policies Institute publications
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Regulatory Studies: Labor Relations (Cato Institute)
Research: Labor (Heritage Foundation)
Union Recognition – Secret Ballot Elections and Card Check Coercion (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

You should also browse the resources on the Employee Free Choice Act from the two major trade union coalitions:

Citing Your Sources

Follow the guidelines for footnotes (not endnotes) with the APA Formatting and Style Guide for print materials and for APA Style: Electronic References.

For other resources, consult the Economics research guide. [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/econ/econ.shtml]

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This page was last updated 16 February 2007.
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