How prior common-law at-will employment has been modified by common-law doctrine, federal statues, and state statutes.

Various protections imposed by federal statutes

Understand what is meant by employment at will under common law.

How collective bargaining was resisted for many years in the United States, and how political and economic changes resulted in legalization of labor unions

The major federal labor laws in the United States

Labor and Management Rights under the Federal Labor Laws