Deregulating Union Democracy
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George Brooks was a great teacher and scholar in the field of industrial relations. My warmest memory of my years as a Cornell graduate student (1970-72) were of the times he came to our postage stamp of a house on Ithaca's Water Street for a meal cooked by my young bride Aleta, and for a lively discussion of current events on the labor scene. Virtually my first act as a member of the NYU law faculty in 1978 was to invite him to come and speak at my seminar. It was especially gratifying that in his later post-retirement years, teaching Cornell interns in Washington, George urged me to speak at his seminar each semester. We hoped to get this festschrift out in time to celebrate with him; indeed, in my last conversation with George, he warned: "You better hurry. I may not make it by publication date." George's exemplary teaching career should not obscure his equally important contribution to the literature on unions as organizations. For George, competition (and the insecurity it brings) Was key to the vitality of the labor movement, and he lamented the web of rules and doctrines, fashioned in the service of stability in bargaining relationships and in the institutional life of the union. George's work and example inspired the essay that follows.
Source Publication
The Internal Governance and Organizational Effectiveness of Labor Unions: Essays in Honor of George Brooks
Source Editors/Authors
Samuel Estreicher, Harry C. Katz, Bruce E. Kaufman
Publication Date
2001
Recommended Citation
Estreicher, Samuel, "Deregulating Union Democracy" (2001). Faculty Chapters. 467.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/467
