Book contents
- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- 11 Some Problems With NLRA Coverage
- 12 Twenty-First Century Employers
- 13 The Problem of “Misclassification” or How to Define Who Is an “Employee” under Protective Legislation in the Information Age
- 14 Rupture and Invention
- 15 Contemplating New Categories of Workers
- 16 Balancing Flexibility and Rigidity
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
16 - Balancing Flexibility and Rigidity
Do Unions Make Sense in the On-Demand Economy?
from Part III - The “Fissured” Workplace
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
Book contents
- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- 11 Some Problems With NLRA Coverage
- 12 Twenty-First Century Employers
- 13 The Problem of “Misclassification” or How to Define Who Is an “Employee” under Protective Legislation in the Information Age
- 14 Rupture and Invention
- 15 Contemplating New Categories of Workers
- 16 Balancing Flexibility and Rigidity
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
Summary
Unionization – the organization of workers to act collectively to obtain higher wages or better working conditions – has a storied history. While precursors to trade unions such as guilds existed before the Revolutionary War, the modern union did not come into its own until after the Industrial Revolution. As we move into a new economic era, the necessity and use of unions is once again called into question.
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