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Article: Labor-management programs: fostering bilateral cooperation.
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- Industrial Management
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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One of the features of the U.S. Industrial Relations System is the win-lose, adversarial relationship at the collective bargaining table. This traditional adversarial relationship started with the advent of organized labor and became institutionalized with the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. Labor and management have traditionally approached collective bargaining with completely different objectives. For management, the primary goal has been to control the cost of labor while attempting to achieve the objectives of the company. In the case of the union, the primary objective has been to improve and enhance the standard of living of the rank and file ...