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Labor Law -Loss Of Majority Support By Representative With Whom Employer Has Been Ordered To Bargain, Charles J. O' Laughlin
Labor Law -Loss Of Majority Support By Representative With Whom Employer Has Been Ordered To Bargain, Charles J. O' Laughlin
Michigan Law Review
The National Labor Relations Board found that the employer (respondent) had been guilty of unfair labor practices by interfering with the employees' right to unionize and by refusing to bargain collectively with the Pioneer Tobacco Workers' Local Industrial Union No. 55 when the latter had been designated as the bargaining agent by a majority of the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit. During the proceedings before the board a motion for leave to intervene was filed by an independent union claiming the support of a majority of the employees, but the motion was denied by the board. The board ordered …
Torts - Boycotts - Requisite Elements, Louis C. Andrews Jr.
Torts - Boycotts - Requisite Elements, Louis C. Andrews Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was a cafeteria operator in a small village. Defendants, two storekeepers in the same village, agreed to inform the wholesaler who supplied both defendants and the plaintiff that they would cease trading with him if he continued to supply plaintiff. The wholesaler acquiesced, and plaintiff's business soon failed because his sole practical source of supply was cut off. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, defendants moved for judgment as in the case of nonsuit, which was granted. Held, affirmed. One of the requisites of an illegal boycott is a conspiracy. Plaintiff failed to show coercion, which is an …
Company Unions Under The National Labor Relations Act, Burton Crager
Company Unions Under The National Labor Relations Act, Burton Crager
Michigan Law Review
Any discussion of the legal aspects of company unionism under the National Labor Relations Act necessitates some consideration of the economic and political background of this type of unionism. Periods of labor unrest have been particularly prolific in mushrooming the growth of company unions. During World War I, the National War Labor Board found itself faced time after time with strife between employers and "outside" unions over the existence of company unions, which frequently were engendered by the employers' antagonism toward bona fide unions. Upon the demise of that board at the close of the war, and the concurrent end …
Evidence - Admissibility Of Defendants Refusal To Submit To A Blood Test For Intoxication, David Davidoff
Evidence - Admissibility Of Defendants Refusal To Submit To A Blood Test For Intoxication, David Davidoff
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. This appeal was based on the contention that the testimony by a deputy sheriff of defendant's refusal to submit to a blood test to determine whether or not he was intoxicated violated his privilege against self-incrimination and was inadmissible. Held, the evidence was properly admitted. State v. Benson, (Iowa, 1941) 300 N. W. 275.