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Labor Law's Alter Ego Doctrine: The Role Of Employer Motive In Corporate Transformations, Gary Alan Macdonald Apr 1988

Labor Law's Alter Ego Doctrine: The Role Of Employer Motive In Corporate Transformations, Gary Alan Macdonald

Michigan Law Review

This Note examines the differing judicial approaches for reviewing NLRB alter ego findings, and concludes that a fundamental problem with all of the current approaches is the unwarranted consideration of motive in varying degrees. This Note proposes a modified "reasonably foreseeable benefit" standard which does not depend in any degree on the employer's motive for changing its corporate form. Part I discusses the origin and evolution of the alter ego doctrine, including its genesis in Southport Petroleum, the well-settled Crawford Door factors, and the related "successorship" doctrine. Part II analyzes the conflict among the federal courts of appeals over …


The Politicized Worker Under The Labor-Management Reporting And Disclosure Act, Barry Sautman Jan 1988

The Politicized Worker Under The Labor-Management Reporting And Disclosure Act, Barry Sautman

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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Judicial Enforcement Of Nlrb Bargaining Orders: What Influences The Courts?, Terry A. Bethel, Catherine A. Melfi Jan 1988

Judicial Enforcement Of Nlrb Bargaining Orders: What Influences The Courts?, Terry A. Bethel, Catherine A. Melfi

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Prevention Of Antiunion Discrimination In The United States, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1988

Prevention Of Antiunion Discrimination In The United States, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

Nearly all rank-and-file employees in private businesses of any substantial size in the United States are protected by federal law against antiunion discrimination. The Railway Labor Act applies to the railroad and airline industries. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) applies to all other businesses whose operations "affect [interstate] commerce" in almost any way. Supervisory and managerial personnel, domestic servants, and agricultural workers are excluded from this federal scheme. Separate federal law covers the employees of the federal government. About thirty of the fifty states have statutes ensuring the right to organize on the part of some or most of …


Management's Unilateral Implementation Of Drug Testing Programs: Are The Unions Left Holding The Jar, Royce Robert Remington Jan 1988

Management's Unilateral Implementation Of Drug Testing Programs: Are The Unions Left Holding The Jar, Royce Robert Remington

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note demonstrates that organized labor's effectiveness in negotiation is imperative to the adequate protection of its members from invasive drug testing procedures. Negotiation must be achieved by asserting that drug testing is a mandatory subject of bargaining for the reasons set forth in section III. The best results in negotiation will be evidenced where the union representative is aware of both the technical and procedural shortcomings of drug testing, as well as, the inequities of the collective bargaining agreement in question. For these reasons, this Note will highlight those areas which the unions must address in negotiation in order …