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The key provisions of Mexican labor laws are summarized and a comparison of workers' rights under Mexican and US law is given. Wage levels are lower in Mexico, but many worker rights granted by the labor laws and the Constitution, although less consistently enforced than in the US, are still much broader.

Two 1997 National Labor Relations Board rulings make it easier for unions to enforce empoyers' collective bargaining obligations after corporate restructuring. These are the Stardyne, Inc. v. NLRB and Johnstown Corp. and United Steelworkers rulings. The latter made clear that plaintiffs no longer need to preface an alter ego argument by showing that two employers are one, and this will facilitate the imposition of collective bargaining obligations in successor corporation situations. As a result of the Johnstown Corp. ruling, unions can apply enterprise liability concepts to the statutory objective of collective bargaining.

Cases to be heard by the National Labor Relations Board indicate that it may be considering overturning the joint employer doctrine under Greenhoot, Inc. The joint employer doctrine applies when both a temporary employment agency and a business contracting with the agency are found to exert control over the workers in question. If the doctrine applies, the business can choose unilaterally whether or not to bargain with the temporary workers as a separate unit or a unit with permanent workers. Reversal of the doctrine would improve unions' ability to organize temporary workers.

A Whole Different Ball Game: The Sport and Business of Baseball. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1991. (Sales/distribution: Secaucus, N.J.) 430 pp. ISBN 1-55972-067-0. $21.95. Marvin Miller was elected head [...]

Researchers have addressed several issues related to industrial and labor relations. The areas that have been researched include the decrease in union membership, concession bargaining, employee participation programs, the impact of unions on profits and productivity, dispute resolution, and international labor relations. The research has focused on the way in which economic changes have affected the traditional industrial relations system. These economic changes include deregulation and increased competition.