Greg Saltzman’s Research

Greg Saltzman's current research focuses on truck driver occupational safety and health. His earlier research dealt mainly with labor law, collective bargaining, and health care reimbursement systems.

His most recent publications are:

• Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health: 2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review [End italics and blue hyperlink] (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2007), DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-120. Second author Michael H. Belzer.

· “Rights Revolked: Attacks on the Right to Organize and Bargain,” in Harold S. Wechsler (ed.), NEA 2006 Almanac of Higher Education (Washington: National Education Association, 2006), pp. 49-63.

· “The Case for Strengthened Motor Carrier Hours of Service Regulations,” Transportation Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4, Summer 2002, pp. 50-71. Second author: Michael H. Belzer.

· “Public-Sector Bargaining in Michigan: Law and Recent Developments.” Second author: Shlomo Sperka. In Joyce Najita and James L. Stern (eds.), Public Sector Bargaining (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001), pp. 106-136.

• “Higher Education Collective Bargaining and the Law,” in Harold S. Wechsler (ed.), NEA 2001 Almanac of Higher Education (Washington: National Education Association, 2001), pp. 45-58.

His earlier publications include the following:

· “Job Applicant Screening by a Japanese Transplant: A Union-Avoidance Tactic,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, October 1995, pp. 88-104.

• “Impact of Reimbursement Systems on Child Psychiatrists: A Comparison of Canada and the U.S.,” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 10, October 1995, pp. 1326-1335. First author: Audrey Newell.

· “Public-Sector Bargaining Laws Really Matter: Evidence from Ohio and Illinois,” in Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski, eds., The Public Sector Look of American Unions (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988), pp. 41-78.

· “Congressional Voting on Labor Issues:  The Role of PACs,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, January 1987, pp. 163-179.

• “Bargaining Laws as a Cause and Consequence of the Growth of Teacher Unionism,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 38, No. 3, April 1985, pp. 335-351.