Downsizing, in response to competition and automation, often results in reallocation of remaining jobs; reclassifications; revised job duties, wage rates and job schedules; and subcontracting. The authors address, respectively, the…

The effects of the transition of Pacific Gas and Electric from a regulated to a competitive industry, and the participation of its unions – the IBEW and ESC. The historic…

An introduction to a chapter on violence in the workplace. The author notes the causes of employee stress and observes that arbitration, which is an adversarial process, may not be…