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Political Abuse Of Hiring Halls: Comparative Treatment Under The Nlra And The Lmrda, Barbara J. Fick
Political Abuse Of Hiring Halls: Comparative Treatment Under The Nlra And The Lmrda, Barbara J. Fick
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Union hiring halls provide the essential service of referring qualified job applicants to immediate job opportunities in many industries. Unfortunately, opportunities sometimes exist for union leaders to abuse hiring hall mechanisms by manipulating applicant referrals to favor friends and disfavor political enemies. The author discusses hiring hall mechanisms and opportunities for their abuse as well as the prevailing legal theories under which abusive practices may be combatted. She first focuses on NLRA provisions which forbid union conduct causing a person to be discriminated against in employment. She then discusses LMRDA provisions protecting union members' internal union political conduct. She argues …
Protecting Worker Complaints After Meyers Industries, Barbara Fick
Protecting Worker Complaints After Meyers Industries, Barbara Fick
Journal Articles
This Article examines the effect of the Meyers Industries decision on the protection available to workers under the NLRA, and discusses other statutory and common-law remedies protecting workers now foreclosed from NLRA protection as a result of Meyers Industries.