For undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in Labor Relations, Collective Bargaining, or Public Sector Labor Relations. The seventh edition continues to provide students with a realistic picture of actual collective bargaining and labor relations situations drawn from the authors' considerable experiences. Sections of actual labor agreements as well as arbitration cases and decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the courts illustrate and emphasize contemporary issues of collective bargaining and labor relations. Experts in the fields of labor law and arbitration have contributed "tips" on how the concepts learned can actually be applied.