About the Author

Victor Gotbaum is the director of the National Center for Collective Bargaining at Baruch College and the founder and former director of the Center for Labor-Management Policy Studies at the City University of New York. For more than twenty years, he was the executive director of District Council 37, AFSCME, AFLCIO, the largest urban union in the United States. He continues to work as a consultant in labor-management relations. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Edward I. Koch Victor Gotbaum is one of the toughest negotiators I know, and one of the best. When Victor led New York City's largest municipal union, he set the standards for integrity and leadership. Negotiating in the Real World will teach you how to do just that -- and how to walk away from the bargaining table a winner.