Fall 2008


ECON 343
Unions, Bargaining & Pub Pol

Credit:  3 hours.


Analyzes the legal background and economic issues associated with unions and collective bargaining in the United States including theory of the labor movement; process of union wage determination; analysis of strikes; background, strategies, and principal issues in collective bargaining; and problems and policies of government intervention. Prerequisite: ECON 102 and ECON 103 or equivalent.