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Labor and Employment Law

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

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Racial Pay Equity In “White” Collar Workplaces, Nantiya Ruan Jan 2023

Racial Pay Equity In “White” Collar Workplaces, Nantiya Ruan

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Part I outlines the many ways that corporate employers fail in racial equity efforts and the barriers that have been put into place to keep BIPOC workers from succeeding. Drawing from industrial organizational psychology and sociology, I identify six distinct challenges that must be remedied or ameliorated in order for BIPOC to achieve pay equity in the corporate climate. Part II identifies and analyzes the decades of litigation and class action settlements that have tried and failed to address the persistent lack of BIPOC representation in the financial industry. I categorize these cases into three waves of litigation intended to …


Politically Engaged Unionism: The Culinary Workers Union In Las Vegas, Ruben J. Garcia Jan 2019

Politically Engaged Unionism: The Culinary Workers Union In Las Vegas, Ruben J. Garcia

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This chapter introduces the reader to "politically engaged unionism" as demonstrated by the bargaining successes of The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Professor Ruben J. Garcia provides a brief background of the union and its member demographics, arguing it can serve as a model for unions across the country.


Reconsidering Legal Regulation Of Race, Sex, And Sexual Orientation, Ann C. Mcginley Jan 2015

Reconsidering Legal Regulation Of Race, Sex, And Sexual Orientation, Ann C. Mcginley

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