Includes bibliographical references and index.

The National Labor Relations Board -- The at-will doctrine, exceptions and their limits -- Selecting a bargaining representative : the right to organize and the representation election -- Employer domination and assistance -- Picketing and striking for recognition -- Collective bargaining and the exclusive representative -- Duration of union's status as bargaining representative -- Strikes -- Lockouts -- Secondary boycotts -- Consumer picketing and handbilling -- Enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement -- Federal preemption of state regulation -- Reconciling labor law and the antitrust laws -- Protecting the individual in a union and non-union environment -- NLRA regulation of the relationship between the individual worker and the union -- Labor law issues in the global economy.

"The Understanding treatise examines the multifaceted and complex area of private-sector labor law. The treatise focuses on private sector labor relationships, dealing primarily with the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and its interpretation and application by federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board. Organized in a format consistent with the organization of most labor law courses and serving as a useful reference for practitioners, it also addresses exceptions to employment-at-will and international labor law. Each chapter concludes with reader-friendly "Chapter Highlights," summarizing the major doctrines discussed in the chapter"-- Provided by publisher.