Negotiating the future : a labor perspective on American business / Barry Bluestone and Irving Bluestone.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-317) and index.

Part I. Introduction: 1. A new version for American enterprise -- Part II. From the glory days to troubled times: 2. The glory days and the traditional workplace contract - 3.Goodbye to the glory days - 4. What went wrong? -- Part III. From the adversarial workplace to employee involvement: 5. Management rights and union demands - 6. Employee involvement in action - 7. Does participation work? -- Part IV. Toward an enterprise compact: 8. From co-managing the workplace to co-managing the enterprise - 9. The enterprise compact - 10. Creating a benign climate for the new labor-management accord.

"It is no secret that corporate America is in trouble—as are labor unions—and a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations, which excludes labor from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which it works. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labor circles, Barry and Irving Bluestone propose a new Enterprise Compact under which labor becomes co-responsible with management for all strategic business decisions—pricing, investment, plant location, and more." -- back cover