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The Audacity Of Protecting Racist Speech Under The National Labor Relations Act, Michael Z. Green
The Audacity Of Protecting Racist Speech Under The National Labor Relations Act, Michael Z. Green
Michael Z. Green
This Article, written for a symposium hosted by the University of Chicago Legal Forum on the Disruptive Workplace, analyzes the most recent failures of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to determine a thoughtful and balanced approach in addressing racist speech. Imagine two employees in the private sector workplace are discussing the possibility of selecting a union to represent their interests regarding wages and working conditions. During this conversation, a black employee notes the importance of using their collective voices to improve working conditions and compares the activity of selecting a union with the Black Lives Matter protests aimed at …
Reading Ricci And Pyett To Provide Racial Justice Through Union Arbitration, Michael Z. Green
Reading Ricci And Pyett To Provide Racial Justice Through Union Arbitration, Michael Z. Green
Michael Z. Green
With the current political climate regarding racial issues, any positive gains in resolving race discrimination claims in the workplace cannot come from new legislation through the Obama administration. Instead, those gains will have to come from within the workplace. Unions and their employee members must work together and with employers to resolve those disputes. Specifically, in this Article, two high-profile employment discrimination cases decided by the Supreme Court during President Obama's first year in office--Ricci v. DeStefano and Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett--help identify a framework whereby employees with racial discrimination claims against their employers may work with …