Continuing to provide forward-thinking industrial relations research, this volume includes studies of EEOC and FMCS mediation approaches and effectiveness; union organizing, political effectiveness and internal democracy; and 21st century prospects for a new baby boom generation.

Has the EEOC hit a home run? An evaluation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Program from the participants' perspective, E.P. McDermott et al; Resolving conflict - tactics of federal mediators, P.M. Mareschal; Broad-based employee stock options - a union-nonunion comparison, M.K. Kroumova et al; Consenting to be governed: union transformation and teamster democracy, R. Bruno; Revitalizing AFL-CIO political outreach: can a direct informational campaign do the trick?, R. Zullo; The fears of resource standardization and the creation of an adversarial workplace climate - the struggle to organize a faculty union at Illinois State University, V.G. Devinatz; The aging work force and the next turning point, D.J.B. Mitchell; From workplace to corporate governance - leveraging worker assets in the 21st century, S.R. Sleigh; Globalization - some implications for 21st century US labor markets, K. McLennan.