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Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers

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As part-time and contingent employment expand in the U.S. economy, U.S. labor laws have become increasingly out of date. These laws, designed to regulate labor-management relations and to guarantee a worker’s right to choose union representation (in order to improve their employment conditions) serve the new “flexible” workforce poorly. In order for part-time and contingent employees to enjoy equal rights to union representation—and thus greater employment protection—labor laws and the institutions that surround them must change dramatically. This book chapter is part of the larger volume on "Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition", edited by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen.

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Tilly, Chris, Carré, Françoise, and duRivage, Virginia. Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers. Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, , 263-280. Cornell University Press, 1998. Tilly, C., Carré, F., and duRivage, V. (1998). Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers. Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, , 263-280. Tilly, Chris, Carré, Françoise, and duRivage, Virginia. "Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers." Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, Cornell University Press, 1998, pp. 263-280.Tilly Chris, Carré Françoise, and duRivage Virginia. "Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers." Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition (1998): 263-280. Tilly, C, Carré, F, and duRivage, V 1998, 'Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers', Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, , pp. 263-280. Chris Tilly, Françoise Carré, and Virginia duRivage, 'Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers' (1998) Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition 263-280Tilly C., Carré F., and duRivage V. Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers. Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. 1998:263-280. Tilly, Chris, Carré, Françoise, and duRivage, Virginia. Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers. Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. 1998, , 263-280.

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