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Unemployment Compensation - Labor Dispute Disqualification - Public Policy And The "Establishment", William G. Thursby
Unemployment Compensation - Labor Dispute Disqualification - Public Policy And The "Establishment", William G. Thursby
Michigan Law Review
Claimants brought suit for unemployment compensation allegedly due them for a period of temporary unemployment. Their employer manufactured spark plugs which were assembled at its Ohio plant using component parts made at its Michigan plant some 50 or 60 miles distant. The parts were transported daily by truck to the Ohio plant, and the Michigan plant was under the direct supervision of the Ohio plant. When a labor dispute occurred at the Michigan plant, lack of parts forced the lay-off of claimants at the Ohio plant. Upon termination of the labor dispute and a resumption of production the claimants resumed …
Protecting The Public Interest In Labor Disputes, Frank E. Cooper
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 - Labor-Management Relations Act - Constitutionality Of The Emergency Strike Provisions, James N. Adler
Labor Law - Labor-Management Relations Act - Constitutionality Of The Emergency Strike Provisions, James N. Adler
Michigan Law Review
In an effort to settle a nationwide steel strike the President invoked the "national emergency" provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. Having made the requisite finding that the strike would "imperil the national health or safety," he appointed a board of inquiry to investigate the dispute. Upon receipt of the board's report the President directed the Attorney General to seek an injunction against the strike. Basing its determination largely upon the strike's hindrance of the national defense program, the district court found the strike would "imperil the national health or safety" and granted the injunction The court of appeals, affirming, rejected …