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Protecting Employee Solicitation - Distribution Rights From Union Waiver, Alan V. Reuther
Protecting Employee Solicitation - Distribution Rights From Union Waiver, Alan V. Reuther
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act guarantees various fundamental rights to employees, including the right to self-organization. Recognizing the inherent superiority of the work place as a situs for organizational activities, the courts and the National Labor Relations Board (hereinafter NLRB or Board) have balanced the property interests of employers against the organizational interests of labor and concluded that employees have the right to distribute literature on the employer's premises in nonworking areas during nonworking time and to solicit support during nonworking time for purposes protected by Section 7, unless special circumstances of production, discipline, or safety are …
The Impact If Howard Johnson On The Labor Obligations Of Successor Employer, Michigan Law Review
The Impact If Howard Johnson On The Labor Obligations Of Successor Employer, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note assesses the impact of Howard Johnson on the labor-law obligations of successor employers. Part I analyzes the prior case law; part II critiques the reasoning of the Howard Johnson opinion; part III considers the merits of a new approach to the successorship problem, suggested in a footnote in Howard Johnson.
After Albemarle: Class-Wide Recovery Of Back Pay Under Title Vii, B. Martin Druyan
After Albemarle: Class-Wide Recovery Of Back Pay Under Title Vii, B. Martin Druyan
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides administrative and judicial remedies for victims of discrimination in employment. Employers, engaged in “an industry affecting commerce” and having fifteen or more employees who work at least twenty weeks out of the year, are subject to the statutes strictures. Unions are also subject to the statute if they have fifteen or more members, operate an office or hiring hall, and represent employees. One remedy available under Title VII is an award of back pay from the date of the alleged violation. Back pay may be defined as court-awarded compensation for …