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An industrial relations journey -- Apprenticeship : Harvard Business School, 1954-1959 -- Becoming a journeyman : University of Chicago, 1959-1971 -- Managing a shop : New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1971-1979 -- Returning to the bench : Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-2018 -- Taking stock and looking ahead.

Under the banner of partnership, many labor-management relationships in the U.S. have established structures for involving unions at the highest levels of the business. While no hard data are available, a significant number of partnerships have been in operation for a substantial period of time in a number of key sectors. This article assesses the staying power and significance of this development. Clearly, labor-management partnerships have great potential for improving productivity, employment security, and other outcomes of importance to the parties. However, their performance has been hampered by precipitous restructuring, leadership changes, and political pressures. Particular attention is given to union-nominated directors, a concept that could serve as a stimulus for the expansion of the partnership idea more generally.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. To Fight or Talk? -- 2. Partnerships: Great Challenges, Greater Opportunities -- 3. To Fight or Partner: Forming the Partnership -- 4. Early Challenges, Early Wins-But More to Do -- 5. Slow Diffusion -- 6. Negotiating in Partnership: The 2000 and 2005 National Negotiations -- 7. The Union Coalition -- 8. Leading in Partnership -- 9. Partnership and HealthConnect -- 10. Partnerships on the Front Lines -- 11. Scorecard -- 12. Partnerships: The Future -- Notes -- Index.

Ch. 1. A Strategic Choice Perspective on Industrial Relations -- Ch. 2. Historical Evolution of the U.S. Collective Bargaining System -- Ch. 3. The Emergence of the Nonunion Industrial Relations System -- Ch. 4. Industrial Relations Systems at the Workplace -- Ch. 5. The Process and Results of Negotiations -- Ch. 6. Changing Workplace Industrial Relations in Unionized Settings -- Ch. 7. Union Engagement of Strategic Business Decisions -- Ch. 8. American Workers and Industrial Relations Institutions -- Ch. 9. Strategic Choices Shaping the Future