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Solomon And Strikes: Labor Activity, The Contract Doctrine Of Impossibility Or Impracticability Of Performance, And Federal Labor Policy, Daniel P. O'Gorman Jan 2010

Solomon And Strikes: Labor Activity, The Contract Doctrine Of Impossibility Or Impracticability Of Performance, And Federal Labor Policy, Daniel P. O'Gorman

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Knowing When To Keep Quiet: Weingarten And The Limitations On Representative Participation, Jodie Meade Michalski Jan 2008

Knowing When To Keep Quiet: Weingarten And The Limitations On Representative Participation, Jodie Meade Michalski

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The Labor Movement Needs A Twenty-First Century Committee For Industrial Organization, Charles B. Craver Jan 2005

The Labor Movement Needs A Twenty-First Century Committee For Industrial Organization, Charles B. Craver

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Following the enactment of the NLRA in 1935, American Federation of Labor craft unions had difficulty organizing persons employed in manufacturing industries since most failed to fit within the jurisdictions of particular unions. The AFL formed the Committee for Industrial Organization to determine how best to organize these workers, and this Committee ultimately withdrew from the AFL and formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO unions quickly organized the industrial workers in the steel, automobile, electrical manufacturing, and rubber industries. By the late 1950s, 35 percent of private sector employees were union members. As the United States economy began …


The Historical Misconception Of Right To Work Laws In The The United States: Senator Robert Wagner, Legal Policy, And The Decline Of American Unions, Raymond L. Hogler Jan 2005

The Historical Misconception Of Right To Work Laws In The The United States: Senator Robert Wagner, Legal Policy, And The Decline Of American Unions, Raymond L. Hogler

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Choosing Competition: A Proposal To Modify Article Xx Of The Afl-Cio Constitution, Brian Petruska Jan 2003

Choosing Competition: A Proposal To Modify Article Xx Of The Afl-Cio Constitution, Brian Petruska

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The Legitimacy Of Labor Unions, Peter Levine Jan 2001

The Legitimacy Of Labor Unions, Peter Levine

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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 Jan 2001

The Debate Over The Unionization And Collective Bargaining Of Private Physicians, Angel M. Aton, Heidi S. Connolly

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The Right Of Attorneys To Unionize, Collectively Bargain, And Strike: Legal And Ethical Considerations*, Laura Midwood, Amy Vitacco Jan 2000

The Right Of Attorneys To Unionize, Collectively Bargain, And Strike: Legal And Ethical Considerations*, Laura Midwood, Amy Vitacco

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"Membership" Obligations Under Nlra Section 8(A)(3): A Proposal For Statutory Change, Ronald Turner Jan 2000

"Membership" Obligations Under Nlra Section 8(A)(3): A Proposal For Statutory Change, Ronald Turner

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An Analysis Of The Nlrb's "Runaway Shop" Doctrine In The Context Of Mid-Term Work Relocation Based On Union Labor Costs, Jan W. Sturner Jan 2000

An Analysis Of The Nlrb's "Runaway Shop" Doctrine In The Context Of Mid-Term Work Relocation Based On Union Labor Costs, Jan W. Sturner

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The Perception And Reality Of Discipline In Sports, Gene Orza Jan 1999

The Perception And Reality Of Discipline In Sports, Gene Orza

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The Role Of Unions And Arbitration In Professional Baseball, Ralph Kiner Jan 1999

The Role Of Unions And Arbitration In Professional Baseball, Ralph Kiner

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Salting The Mines: The Legal And Political Implications Of Placing Paid Union Organizers In The Employer's Workplace, Victor J. Van Bourg, Ellyn Moscowitz Jan 1998

Salting The Mines: The Legal And Political Implications Of Placing Paid Union Organizers In The Employer's Workplace, Victor J. Van Bourg, Ellyn Moscowitz

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Should The Nlrb Revisit Excelsior?, David Greenhaus Jan 1998

Should The Nlrb Revisit Excelsior?, David Greenhaus

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The Signicance Of Worker Attitudes: Individualism As A Cause For Labor's Decline, Sharon Rabin Margalioth Jan 1998

The Signicance Of Worker Attitudes: Individualism As A Cause For Labor's Decline, Sharon Rabin Margalioth

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Employee Involvement Programs And Electromation: Is The Team Act The Solution?, Ralph A. Petruzzo Jan 1997

Employee Involvement Programs And Electromation: Is The Team Act The Solution?, Ralph A. Petruzzo

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Confusion At The National Labor Relations Board: The Misapplication Of Board Precedent To Resolve The Yale University Grade-Strike, Stephen L. Ukeiley Jan 1997

Confusion At The National Labor Relations Board: The Misapplication Of Board Precedent To Resolve The Yale University Grade-Strike, Stephen L. Ukeiley

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Step Up To The Bargaining Table: A Call For The Unionization Of Minor League Baseball, David M. Szuchman Jan 1996

Step Up To The Bargaining Table: A Call For The Unionization Of Minor League Baseball, David M. Szuchman

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Union Organizing After Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb - A Time To Reexamine The Rule Of Babcock & Wilcox, Alan L. Zmija Jan 1994

Union Organizing After Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb - A Time To Reexamine The Rule Of Babcock & Wilcox, Alan L. Zmija

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How The Taft-Hartley Act Hindered Unions, Steven E. Abraham Jan 1994

How The Taft-Hartley Act Hindered Unions, Steven E. Abraham

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Rico: Is It A Panacea Or A Bitter Pill For Labor Unions, Union Democracy And Collective Bargaining?, Steven T. Ieronimo Jan 1994

Rico: Is It A Panacea Or A Bitter Pill For Labor Unions, Union Democracy And Collective Bargaining?, Steven T. Ieronimo

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The North American Free Trade Agreement: The Sale Of U.S. Industry To The Lowest Bidder, William Cunningham, Segundo Mercado-Liorens Jan 1993

The North American Free Trade Agreement: The Sale Of U.S. Industry To The Lowest Bidder, William Cunningham, Segundo Mercado-Liorens

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The Nlrb Takes Notice To The Max In Paramax, Dennis M. Devaney, Susan E. Kehoe Jan 1993

The Nlrb Takes Notice To The Max In Paramax, Dennis M. Devaney, Susan E. Kehoe

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The Right To Unionize In The United States, Canada, And Mexico: A Comparative Assessment, David L. Gregory Jan 1993

The Right To Unionize In The United States, Canada, And Mexico: A Comparative Assessment, David L. Gregory

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Justice Thomas And Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb: A Reply To Professor Robert A. Gorman, Leonard Bierman Jan 1992

Justice Thomas And Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb: A Reply To Professor Robert A. Gorman, Leonard Bierman

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Effective Democracy And Formal Rights: Retaliatory Removals Of Union Officials Under The Lmrda, George Feldman Jan 1992

Effective Democracy And Formal Rights: Retaliatory Removals Of Union Officials Under The Lmrda, George Feldman

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Union Access To Private Property: A Critical Assessment Of Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb, Robert A. Gorman Jan 1991

Union Access To Private Property: A Critical Assessment Of Lechmere, Inc. V. Nlrb, Robert A. Gorman

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Inherently Discriminatory Conduct Revisited: Do We Know It When We See It?, Barbara J. Fick Jan 1991

Inherently Discriminatory Conduct Revisited: Do We Know It When We See It?, Barbara J. Fick

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A Leash Upon Labor: Rico Trusteeships On Labor Unions, Kenneth R. Wallentine Jan 1990

A Leash Upon Labor: Rico Trusteeships On Labor Unions, Kenneth R. Wallentine

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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

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