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Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries, and: Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation (review)

bargaining unit it asked for. Despite the hearings, the median time to elections is 39 days. Although this time period could be better, Kellman’s tone suggests that elections take years and that it is the NLRB, rather than the employer, that is bent on frustrating unions. Kellman indicts the NLRB for not having jury trials, but beyond advocating juries of one’s peers, he never explains how a jury trial would improve outcomes for workers. Over the last ten years, NLRB Regional Offices settled from 91.5 99.5% of cases. Of those that did go to trial in FY2004, the NLRB won 82.7 % at the Administrative Law Judge (trial) level and at the Board. It is hard to say that a jury trial could do much better, and beyond the trial level there are no juries, only judges. Finally, the book needed a strong editor to ensure that loose ends were tied up and that the presentation of ideas was orderly. While the book allows us to see the wheels turn, we end up going down so many byways that often Kellman’s main points are close to lost. For example, in his chapter “What is to be Done?,” Kellman condemns business as usual unionism and advocates unions acting based on principles of solidarity and democratic action. These are sympathetic arguments but, unfortunately, he only sketches the outlines of what is needed. Most readers will want more. The book has a good chronology, useful index, endnotes, and tables of works cited. Unfortunately, its table of laws cited uses an obscure format. It is rare that I have such mixed feelings about whether a book is appropriate for classroom use. On balance, the book has enough virtues to be a good addition to many classes, but the teacher who does not provide corrections will be shortchanging students. Ellen Dannin Wayne State University