MGT-363 Human Resource and Labor Relations Management

The Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) is now charged with collecting current private and public sector collective bargaining agreements covering over 1000 employees. Full text of these contracts can be retrieved from the Union Reports web page. They are organized by the sector and employer. Look here for the latest contracts covering over 1000 employees. Some contracts are in image format and cannot be searched for words in the full text.

Links to public sector contracts, arranged by state.

Model collective bargaining agreements are provided.

Guidance from the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.

The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector.

Under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, labor unions as well as union avoidance consultants must file documents with the OLMS. Find union contracts, constitutions, and financial documents here.

Under the Railway Labor Act, the NMB is charged with facilitating labor relations in the railway and airline industries.

The mission of the FMCS includes improving labor-management relations, promoting collective bargaining, and improving organizational effectiveness. See especially, the FOIA Reading Room for hard-to-find information about unions and work stoppages.

Created under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1977, this agency is charged with overseeing collective bargaining in the federal sector.

Links to state boards governing state public employment.