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The Legitimacy Of Labor Unions, Peter Levine
The Legitimacy Of Labor Unions, Peter Levine
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
Labor unions do not have a well-understood rationale, as do capitalist enterprises, strictly voluntary associations, and democratic states. They are nonprofit associations, but also coercive economic agents; working-class communities, but also powerful special interests; embodiments of rights, but also incompatible with certain individual freedoms. These tensions result in an ambivalent legal status. For instance, unions may collect fees from (and negotiate contracts for) certain employees without obtaining their individual consent, yet no one can be required to belong to a union. Unions are exempt from antitrust laws and may restrain competition, but only in particular ways. We cannot assess these …
The Debate Over The Unionization And Collective Bargaining Of Private Physicians, Angel M. Aton, Heidi S. Connolly
The Debate Over The Unionization And Collective Bargaining Of Private Physicians, Angel M. Aton, Heidi S. Connolly
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
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