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Labor Law - Federal Pre-Emption - Limitations On State Jurisdiction In Causes Arising Out Of Labor Disputes, Robert J. Margolin S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Respondent employers refused to enter a union shop agreement with the petitioning unions, who then began to picket peacefully and to exert pressure on respondents' suppliers and customers to persuade them to cease dealing with respondents. Respondents initiated a representation proceeding before the NLRB, which declined jurisdiction on the ground respondents' business did not have a sufficient effect on commerce to meet the NLRB's self-imposed jurisdictional standards. Respondents then sought and obtained damages and an injunction in the California courts. On certiorari to the United States Supreme Court the injunction order was reversed, but the question of damages was remanded …

Possible Effects Of The First Proviso To Section 9 (A) Of The National Labor Relations Act

Indiana Law Journal

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Labor Law - Collective Bargaining - Jurisdiction Of District Court To Vacate An "Unlawful" Order Of The Nlrb, Stephen B. Flood

Michigan Law Review

Respondent, representing a labor organization, petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for certification as the exclusive bargaining agent of a group of professional employees pursuant to section 9 of the amended National Labor Relations Act. After a hearing the Board ordered that nine non-professional employees be included in the bargaining unit. Section 9(b) (1) expressly prohibits the inclusion of non-professional employees in a professional unit unless a majority of the professional members vote for inclusion in such unit. The Board refused to take a vote among the professional employees, and proceeded directly to order an election to determine if respondent's …

Labor Law - Labor Management Relations Act - Linking "Employer Free Speech" To No-Solicitation Rule, Barbara Burger

Michigan Law Review

During an organizational campaign the employer prohibited any dissemination of literature on company property and soliciting or campaigning on company time by employees while itself distributing within the plant non-threatening, anti-union literature. General Counsel for the NLRB contended that by this conduct the employer "interfered with, restrained or coerced" employees in their exercise of the right to self-organization. This contention was rejected by the NLRB, but on appeal was accepted by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. On certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, held, reversed, two justices dissenting. Even if an employer could commit …

Collective Bargaining And The Law, University Of Michigan Law School

Summer Institute on International and Comparative Law

Since 1948 the Law School of The University of Michigan, as a part of its program of public service, has sponsored a series of summer institutes to provide a medium for high-level discussion of legal problems in areas of public concern. In 1950 the subject of the Summer Institute was "The Law and Labor-Management Relations." In 1958 it seemed desirable again to turn to this important field, and the subject selected was "Collective Bargaining and the Law."

The 1958 Institute brought together a distinguished group of experts in labor relations law and produced a series of papers and comment which, …