The context of wartime labor relations -- The mobilization period -- America's entry into the war -- The War Labor Board and the law of collective bargaining -- Managerial prerogatives -- The institutional security of unions -- The causes of worker unrest and the union response -- The new industrial workers -- Wartime strikes and the threat of restrictive legislation -- The transference of wartime visions to peacetime -- The contractualism of labor relations and the post-war -- Consensus -- The limits of mature collective bargaining.