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Brown V. Board Of Education: Right Result, Wrong Reasoning, Ellis Washington
Brown V. Board Of Education: Right Result, Wrong Reasoning, Ellis Washington
Mercer Law Review
The genesis of this Article was originally conceived as a letter to a journalist in response to an article I had read in the Detroit News titled, "Judge Damon Keith, governor hosts fund raiser on Saturday." I also heard about this event while listening to National Public Radio that same day, and I planned on attending because Judge Keith is a great man and a great civil rights champion. I have always wanted to meet this Titan in person, however, after further reflection, I decided not to attend this event on principle. The occasion was in part a fundraiser for …
Nlrb Refuses To Harm "Academic Freedom" At Universities By Permitting Graduate Student Assistants To Unionize, Elizabeth Butler Baum
Nlrb Refuses To Harm "Academic Freedom" At Universities By Permitting Graduate Student Assistants To Unionize, Elizabeth Butler Baum
Mercer Law Review
In Brown University, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") held that graduate assistants are students rather than employees, and in doing so, it settled the issue of whether graduate student assistants admitted into a university should be treated as employees for purposes of collective bargaining. The NLRB declared that the relationship between a university and its graduate student assistants was fundamentally educational rather than economic, and therefore, no union rights exist for graduate students at Brown University ("Brown").