Labor Relations encompasses all dealings, transactions, and activities affecting the determination and enforcement of the terms and conditions of employment. The relations between employers and employees developed differently in various parts of the world. In particular, the goals and activities of European trade unions differ considerably from those of trade unions in the U.S. In Europe, customs and laws bearing on labor relations are often basically dissimilar even in neighboring countries. European trade unions …showed first 75 words of 1347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1347 total…of the other. By the mid-1980s the power of organized labor had decreased markedly. With more and more people employed in service occupations rather than in manufacturing, union membership declined-and so did union strength in labor negotiations. This process was exacerbated by other economic and political factors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations Prentice Hall 1997 Herman, Edward Labor Relations and the Law Prentice Hall 1996 Raza, Ali; Anderson, Janell http://www.nlrb.gov/