In his highly regarded book, Paul Antonellis -— fire service veteran, training/education consultant, instructor, author -— explores the aspects of labor relations that are intertwined with human resource management in today’s fire service organizations.

Intended as a text for college-level fire service programs, Labor Relations for the Fire Service meets USFA’s FESHE requirement for the Personnel Management for the Fire and Emergency Services course.

Contents:

• Setting the stage for labor relations
• Historical events in labor relations and the fire service
• Labor-management relations in the public sector
• Labor relations and collective bargaining
• Negotiation process and impasse
• Contract administration
• Disciplinary action
• Human resource management
• Stress and psychological support
• Tomorrow’s labor relations