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Judicial And Adminstrative Enforcement Of Individual Rights Under The National Labor Relations Act And Under The Labor-Management Relations Act Between 1935 And 1990 - An Historical And Empirical Analysis Of Unsettled Intercircuit And Intracircuit Conflicts, Willy E. Rice
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This Article is concerned with exploring the extent to which both the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 have protected individual employees' rights in administrative and judicial proceedings.
Banning The Buttons: Employer Interference With The Right To Wear Union Insignia In The Workplace, John W. Teeter Jr
Banning The Buttons: Employer Interference With The Right To Wear Union Insignia In The Workplace, John W. Teeter Jr
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The right for workers to wear union insignia without fear of retaliation in the workplace has been constricted, undermined, and jeopardized by judicial and National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) decisions. As a consequence, at least three problems arise: (1) litigation over this issue increases as the law becomes increasingly opaque; (2) workers are wrongfully denied the opportunity to proclaim their union sympathies; and (3) the Board and courts send an implicit message that the freedom to express union support is a second-class right that employers may override by offering a pretextual justification. This subordination of the right to wear union …