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Boulwareism And Good Faith Collective Bargaining, Michigan Law Review
Boulwareism And Good Faith Collective Bargaining, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The obligation to bargain collectively in good faith is imposed on both the employer and the representative of his employees by the National Labor Relations Act. Generally, some form of ask-and-bid bargaining is used to satisfy this statutory obligation. Since 1947, however, the General Electric Company has developed and used a bargaining technique known as Boulwareism, which, on its face, seems capable of achieving the same results as the ask-and-bid method, but in a more efficient manner. Nevertheless, the National Labor Relations Board recently found Boulwareism to be in violation of the duty to bargain in good faith.
Unfair Representation As An Unfair Labor Practice, Michigan Law Review
Unfair Representation As An Unfair Labor Practice, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In its 1962 Miranda Fuel Co. decision, the National Labor Relations Board formulated a novel doctrine whereby it acquired jurisdiction over unfair representation complaints filed by union members in good standing on the theory that a union which fails to represent all of its members fairly commits unfair labor practices in violation of sections 8(b)(1)(A) and 8(b)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act. Formerly, unfair representation complaints filed by union members had been cognizable only by the courts, since unfair representation was not considered an unfair labor practice and, consequently, was outside the jurisdiction of the NLRB.