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From Hierarchies To Markets: Fedex Drivers And The Work Contract As Institutional Marker, Julia Tomassetti
From Hierarchies To Markets: Fedex Drivers And The Work Contract As Institutional Marker, Julia Tomassetti
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Judges are often called upon today to determine whether certain workers are “employees” or “independent contractors.” The distinction is important, because only employees have rights under most statutes regulating work, including wage and hour, anti-discrimination, and collective bargaining law. Too often judges exclude workers from statutory protection who resemble what legal scholars have described as typical, industrial employees — long-term, full-time workers with set wages and routinized responsibilities within a large firm. To explain how courts reach these counterintuitive results, the article examines recent federal decisions finding that FedEx delivery drivers are independent contractors rather than employees. It argues that …
Right-To-Work:' The Issue That Won't Die — A Historical Perspective, Charles A. Scontras
Right-To-Work:' The Issue That Won't Die — A Historical Perspective, Charles A. Scontras
Bureau of Labor Education
Phoenix-like, "right-to-work" measures have again surfaced in the state Legislature. Such measures are designed to prohibit employers from negotiating union security clauses by which all who benefit from union bargaining agreements pay their share of the costs involved in the union's legal obligation to represent all workers.
Newsroom: Yelnosky On Firefighters Decision, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Yelnosky On Firefighters Decision, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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Do I Have To Cross The Picket Line?, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
Do I Have To Cross The Picket Line?, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
Bureau of Labor Education
Refusing to cross a lawfully established picket line is protected by the National Labor Relations Act. You have the legal right not to cross a picket line in solidarity with your own union, out of sympathy for workers from another union, or just to avoid confrontation. By refusing to cross a picket line while on duty you are essentially engaging in a strike in sympathy with the picketing workers. Refusing to cross a picket line is a legally protected act. When you approach a picket line you may be asked to honor the picket line. Politely asking someone not to …
A Signal Or A Silo? Title Vii's Unexpected Hegemony, Sophia Z. Lee
A Signal Or A Silo? Title Vii's Unexpected Hegemony, Sophia Z. Lee
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Title VII’s domination of employment discrimination law today was not inevitable. Indeed, when Title VII was initially enacted, its supporters viewed it as weak and flawed. They first sought to strengthen and improve the law by disseminating equal employment enforcement throughout the federal government. Only in the late 1970s did they instead favor consolidating enforcement under Title VII. Yet to labor historians and legal scholars, Title VII’s triumphs came at a steep cost to unions. They write wistfully of an alternative regime that would have better harmonized antidiscrimination with labor law’s recognition of workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively …