Labor Relations: Striking a Balance, 1st Edition, by John Budd presents labor
relations as a system for striking a balance between the employment relationship
goals of efficiency, equity, and voice, and between the rights of labor and
management. Budd's Labor Relations broadens the narrow process focus of existing
labor relations texts by placing the discussion of contemporary U.S. processes
into the context of underlying themes - what are the goals of labor relations,
are those goals being fulfilled, and are reforms needed. This textbook replaces
the tired paradigm of "labor relations equals detailed work rules" with the
dynamic paradigm of "labor relations equals balancing workplace goals and
rights."