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The Rights of Employees and Union Members  Reviewer: A reader from amazon.com
As the ACLU points out, "The Constitution does not apply to the private sector.....(but) People should not have to hang up the Bill of Rights at the time clock or the office door. Employees are not pieces of equipment. Treating them with dignity and fairness is not inconsistent with good, competitive, management. ( http://www.aclu.org/issues/worker/iswr.html ) Lots of luck convincing your boss that you should not ,for example, be required to answer incriminating questions. Lots of luck with discussions of due process , hearsay evidence at hearings, etc., etc., ad nauseam. My boss just doesn't get it. He says "The next thing you'll want is to elect bosses." Good idea, but its time has not yet come; however it would simplify things immensely if we were looking at a system of justice at work that was similar to what we see outside in REAL life. Isn't the pay you earn as real a "property" as any other? No one should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, even at work. This ACLU handbook may help. It covers, in question and answer form, what meager rights one does have in everything from hiring, to discipline and termination. After you (and your boss?) read it let's try to get together and "revolutionize" workplace justice.

The Union Member's Complete Guide:  Everything you want -- and need -- to know about working union An easy-to-read, comprehensive guide to how you can get the most out of your job in a unionized workplace -- from understanding what a union is and how it operates to how you can get the most value out of your union card and what you can do to make your union more successful.

* Understanding how unions operate         * Getting your say in contract demands     * The full story on union dues                  * A union's responsibility to its members   * Getting help with workplace problems     * Your union card's bonus benefits            * A member's rights and responsibilities    * Labor laws that affect you  * How to file a grievance          * Your union steward's role * Contact info for every union

The Union Steward's Complete Guide
From the Author

 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 and whether the union is effectively responding to workplace problems.

To most workers, their steward is the union. The steward is the only union presence the workers see day to day, the only personal contact they have with the union unless -- don't hold your breath -- they come out to union meetings. In a very literal way, unions simply could not function without stewards.

This book will help those new to the stewards' ranks understand the vital importance of their mission and the basics of their role, and provide them with advice and counsel to make more manageable the demands on their skills, time and energy.

The American Bar Association Guide to Workplace Law: The law affects just about every aspect of work, from hiring to firing to retiring. Now, as they've done with wills and estates, home ownership, family law, and consumer law, the American Bar Association has written this clear and compact guide to all the law that one needs to know, whether employee or employer. As in all ABA books, the advice is dependable and in plain English--not "legalese." 

From Publishers Weekly

With compelling vigor and rich detail, Levitt, writing with freelancer Conrow, tells the tale of his rise to union-busting fame from 1969-1988 and his equally dramatic change of heart. Now a consultant advising unions on how to bust the union busters, Levitt says that he is baring his sins both for personal reasons and so that former colleagues will have nothing further with which to discredit him. He portrays himself and his fellow union busters as cynical and contemptuous of workers who try to organize. Using manipulation and propaganda, the busters wear down the union organizers. Levitt's union busters are repulsively slick, preying on the fears and purses of the companies that hire them. The details of Levitt's descent into alcoholism seem prosaic compared to the descriptions of the many union avoidance campaigns he masterminded, even if it was 12-step remorse and humility that provided the motivation for this confessional. His bold story is timely, given current national efforts to reform labor laws. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.