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University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Law Review

1961

Strike

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Labor Relations - Disputes And Concerted Activites - Right Of Employees Of A Public Corporation To Strike, Roger Harris Jun 1961

Labor Relations - Disputes And Concerted Activites - Right Of Employees Of A Public Corporation To Strike, Roger Harris

Michigan Law Review

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Act provides that "employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection." The Transit Authority brought this action to obtain a declaratory judgment that its employees did not have the right to strike. The trial court upheld its contention. On appeal, held, reversed, two justices dissenting. This statutory language has been uniformly construed to include the right to strike. Since …


Labor Law- Railway Labor Act-Union Referendum Provisions As An Indication Of Failure To Bargain In Good Faith, Paul D. Borman Mar 1961

Labor Law- Railway Labor Act-Union Referendum Provisions As An Indication Of Failure To Bargain In Good Faith, Paul D. Borman

Michigan Law Review

In negotiations arising out of a "major dispute" under the Railway Labor Act, defendant's union representatives were prohibited by a provision in the union constitution from reaching any final agreement without the proposals having first been adopted by a majority vote of the union membership. At the bargaining table, the union representatives presented no specific proposals or counter-proposals; when a management offer was made and presented to the union membership, the representatives refused either to sign it or to recommend its adoption. The management proposal was defeated at the union referendum, and a strike date was set. Plaintiff railroad sought …


Labor Law- Recognition And Organizational Picketing - Unfair Labor Practice Charge Is A Prerequisite To Initiation Of The Expeditied Election Procedure Of Section 8 (B)(7)(C) Of The Nlra, Steven P. Davis Feb 1961

Labor Law- Recognition And Organizational Picketing - Unfair Labor Practice Charge Is A Prerequisite To Initiation Of The Expeditied Election Procedure Of Section 8 (B)(7)(C) Of The Nlra, Steven P. Davis

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff union commenced picketing a previously-unorganized company for the purpose of gaining recognition as the bargaining agent of the employees. The next day the union filed a petition with the NLRB seeking an election. Five days later the individual plaintiffs, Reed and Whitney, filed an unfair labor practice charge under section 8 (b) (7) of the National Labor Relations Act for the express purpose of invoking the expedited election procedure provided by the statute. This charge was prepared by and filed with the sanction of the picketing union. The NLRB refused to grant the expedited election. In an action for …