Einar Hardin, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Economics, and Acting Associate Director of Research and Planning, Labor and Industrial Relations Center, Michigan State University. He was Research Associate in the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm, 1950-1953, and in the Labor and Industrial Relations Center since 1956. Eugene H. Jacobson, Ph.D., is Prof...

This Briefing is published twice a year by the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU). It contains summaries of key findings from recent and current research projects and analysis of significant industrial relations developments. The reports aim to inform and contribute to the thinking of practitioners in industrial relations and human resource management. We are currently reviewing the form...

The modern American labor law system relating to collective bargaining and industrial relations has emerged from a swirl of common-law, anti-trust and statutes relating to labor injunctions, damage actions and criminal prosecutions. The modern labor law framework is to be found principally in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (initially called the Wagner Act) which has been amended in pr...