Journal Article10.1353/LAB.2003.0042
Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence (review)
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TL;DR: Cormier et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the inherent problem of over-using the grievance process and the need for unions that must deal with hostile employers to use alternative grievance resolution channels like member mobilization and direct, protected actions.
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Abstract: Unfortunately, in their review of the grievance process, the authors fail to discuss either the inherent problem of over-using the grievance procedure or the rising need for unions that must deal with hostile employers to use alternative grievance resolution channels like member mobilization and direct, protected actions. As mentioned earlier, the authors intend this book as a text for a labor relations class. Given its orientation, it is more suited as a text in a human resources program where the emphasis is more on the orderly handling of employer-employee relations, and obtaining and maintaining labor peace is the ultimate goal. In a workplace where the realities of daily life require a union to operate as a power organization in order to represent its members, learning about labor relations and collective bargaining requires knowledge about the exercise of power relations. To use this book in a more balanced examination of contemporary labor relations and collective bargaining will require substantial supplementary materials and discussions. David Cormier West Virginia University
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