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The Florida Experience In Public Employee Collective Bargaining, 1974-1978: Bellwether For The South, William F. Mchugh
The Florida Experience In Public Employee Collective Bargaining, 1974-1978: Bellwether For The South, William F. Mchugh
Florida State University Law Review
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Economic Pressure In Collective Bargaining: Lockout And Permanent Replacements In The Fifth Circuit., Peter H. Carroll Iii
Economic Pressure In Collective Bargaining: Lockout And Permanent Replacements In The Fifth Circuit., Peter H. Carroll Iii
St. Mary's Law Journal
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to offset employers’ superior power in collective bargaining with the utilization of strikes and other forms of economic pressure by employees. The Act addresses the balance between the policy prohibiting management from reprimanding its employees for applying economic pressure, and the policy allowing an employer to protect its economic interests for legitimate business reasons. Although the courts have traditionally prohibited certain forms of economic pressure, recent cases have expanded employers’ ability to utilize economic pressure. It is apparent that the extent to which an employer can use lockouts and permanent replacements is …