The workplace bible for tens of thousands of union stewards across North America. Fully illustrated and indexed, this best-seller (135,000 copies sold) offers hands-on counsel on problems and concerns ranging from the basics of grievance handling to dealing with difficult supervisors and co-worker to ways of increasing membership involvement in the Union. This guide is designed for new stewards and veterans alike.
This book is designed to help those who help: the hundreds of thousands of union stewards across North America who serve their co-workers and their unions by taking on the burdens of workplace leadership. Stewards are critical players in the success or failure of their unions. Unlike any other union leaders, they are in day-to- day contact with the membership and are in a unique position to be on top of what's going on in the workplace -- whether the employer is abiding by the contract ...
Since the first edition of this book was published in 1997, this book has become the workplace bible for tens of thousands of stewards across North America. The second edition was published in 2006 and this new edition is updated as of 2013. Fully illustrated and indexed, the book's 11 chapters offer hands-on counsel on problems and concerns ranging from the basics of grievance handling to dealing with difficult supervisors or co-workers to ways of increasing membership involvement in the union. It also includes counsel on workplace concerns from computer and privacy issues to dealing with the changing workplace, including the growing number of workers from other nations and cultures. Hundreds of winning strategies and tactics are offered to new and veteran stewards alike.
The first edition of this book, published in 1997, quickly became the workplace bible for workplace union activists across North America, selling nearly 45,000 copies. This new, second edition, updates the original book and adds new material on workplace computer issues, the changing workplace and more.
An Introduction to Labor Law is a useful primer that explains the basic principles of the federal law regulating the relationship of employers to labor unions. In this updated third edition, which features a new introduction, Michael Evan Gold discusses the law that applies to union organizing and representation elections, the duty to bargain in good faith, economic weapons such as strikes and lockouts, and the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements. Gold describes the structure and functions of the National Labor Relations Board and of the federal courts in regard to labor cases and also presents a number of legal issues presently in contention between labor and management.
This User’s Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes. For the purposes of this guide, a patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes. A registry database is a file (or files) derived from the registry. Although registries can serve many purposes, this guide focuses on registries created for one or more of the following purposes: to describe the natural history of disease, to determine clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of health care products and services, to measure or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. Registries are classified according to how their populations are defined. For example, product registries include patients who have been exposed to biopharmaceutical products or medical devices. Health services registries consist of patients who have had a common procedure, clinical encounter, or hospitalization. Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis or heart failure. The User’s Guide was created by researchers affiliated with AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program, particularly those who participated in AHRQ’s DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness) program. Chapters were subject to multiple internal and external independent reviews.
The goal of this Field Book is to help provide new and experienced Union Stewards with the most important information they will need to fulfill their daily duties administrating their Collective Bargaining Agreements, dealing with Management, and handling employee grievances, all in a compact pocket sized format that they can keep on hand and reference quickly while on the job. This book also contains downloadable links to a collection of PDF Forms created to help Stewards in common tasks like handling grievances and requesting information.
