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Labor Law—Educational Employment Relations Act—Legislative Silence And The Function Of Courts In Teachers' Strike Injunction Suits—Ch. 288, [1975] Wash. Laws, 1st Ex. Sess. 1227, Richard Alcorn
Washington Law Review
Although the Washington State Legislature has enacted several statutes providing for collective bargaining in public employment, until recently it avoided the complex issues arising out of breakdowns in negotiations between local school boards and certificated teachers' representatives. In 1975, after considerable debate and a number of unsuccessful attempts, the legislature adopted the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) defining the rights and duties of parties to collective bargaining in the education sector. The measure is a response to the increasing militancy of teachers as a professional employee group, the apparent ineffectiveness of anti-strike injunctions, and the lack of inducements to bargain …
Employment Discrimination—Nlrb Certification Of Discriminatory Unions As Governmental Action—Bekins Moving & Storage Co., 211 N.L.R.B. No. 7, 86 L.R.R.M 1323 (1974), Diane Rees Stokke
Employment Discrimination—Nlrb Certification Of Discriminatory Unions As Governmental Action—Bekins Moving & Storage Co., 211 N.L.R.B. No. 7, 86 L.R.R.M 1323 (1974), Diane Rees Stokke
Washington Law Review
A local labor union, an affiliate of the Teamsters Union, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) pursuant to Section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) seeking to represent the employees of a moving and storage company. At a preelection hearing conducted pursuant to Section 9(c)(1) of the NLRA, the employer argued that the union should be disqualified from seeking certification because it engaged in "invidious discrimination" against women and Spanish-speaking and Spanish-surnamed persons. The Board held that it will entertain the employer's motion at a post-election hearing, and then only if the allegedly …