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Workplace Privacy And Monitoring: The Quest For Balanced Interests , Ariana R. Levinson

Ariana R. Levinson

We can see in 2001 that 77 percent of employers were engaged in monitoring. This may have increased slightly or decreased slightly, but whatever has happened, we know that this is a significant amount of employers--much greater than a majority--that are engaging in monitoring of their employees. We can also see the great rise in monitoring of computers and electronic files in a ten-year period between 1997 and 2007. Finally, we can see some of the newer technologies. In 2007, twelve percent of the reporting employers were monitoring the blogosphere, eight percent were monitoring GPS vehicle tracking, and ten percent …

Founding Worker Cooperatives: Social Movement Theory And The Law, Ariana R. Levinson

Ariana R. Levinson

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What The Awards Tell Us About Labor Arbitration Of Employment Discrimination Claims, Ariana R. Levinson

Ariana R. Levinson

This Article contributes to the debate over mandatory arbitration of employment-discrimination claims in the unionized sector. In light of the proposed prohibition on union waivers in the Arbitration Fairness Act, this debate has significant practical implications. Fundamentally, the Article is about access to justice. It examines 160 labor arbitration opinions and awards in employment-discrimination cases. The author concludes that labor arbitration is a forum in which employment-discrimination claims can be-and, in some cases, are-successfully resolved. Based upon close examination of the opinions and awards, the Article recommends legislative improvements in certain cases targeting statutes of limitations, compulsory process, remedies, class …

Panel 1: Democracy And Work, Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Richard Bales, Ellen Dannin, Robert Hebdon, Ariana Levinson, Michael Wasser, Ryan Lamare

Ariana R. Levinson

Moderator: Christopher David Ruiz Cameron

Panelists:

Richard Bales: Workplace Populism

Christopher David Ruiz Cameron: Democracy at Large and Democracy at Work: Four Models of Workplace Governance

Ellen Dannin: Work in a Democratic Society: Not Just Jobs, but Good Jobs

Robert Hebdon: Freedom of Association as a Fundamental Human Right

Ariana Levinson: Movements of Consensus and Conflict: Founding Worker Cooperatives

Michael Wasser & Ryan Lamare: Unions as Conduits of Democratic Voice for Non-elites: Work Politicization from the Shop Floor to the Halls of Congress