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University of Michigan Law School

1960

Bargaining unit

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Protecting The Public Interest In Labor Disputes, Frank E. Cooper Apr 1960

Protecting The Public Interest In Labor Disputes, Frank E. Cooper

Michigan Law Review

There exists general agreement that an effective means must be found, in the public interest, to curb strikes in basic industries that imperil the national health or safety. This principle, indeed, has been a part of our basic law for more than a decade. The trouble has been that the limited means provided to meet this need fail to give effective expression to the public interest. The only significant remedy is that which the steel strike has made so well known: an 80-day injunction followed by an election in which the employees may indicate for publicity purposes whether they wish …


Labor Law - Appropriate Bargaining Unit Under Section 9(B) Of The Taft-Hartley Act- Determination Requires Nlrb To Exercise Discretion, James N. Adler Jan 1960

Labor Law - Appropriate Bargaining Unit Under Section 9(B) Of The Taft-Hartley Act- Determination Requires Nlrb To Exercise Discretion, James N. Adler

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner union sought to represent maintenance and construction electricians employed by plate glass manufacturer at a new plant. How ever, employer and intervenor union entered into an agreement extending to the new plant an existing contract covering employees at certain of employer's other plants. At hearings upon petitioner's application to determine the "appropriate" bargaining unit under criteria established by section 9 (b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, employer and intervenor urged that the highly integrated nature of the plant and the history of plantwide bargaining at employer's other plants made a single bargaining unit covering all plant's employees the only appropriate …