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Table Of Mimetic Influences Related To Steve Charnovitz, “What The World Trade Organization Learned From The Ilo,” In Adelle Blackett & Anne Trebilcock Eds., Research Handbook On Transnational Labour Law (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2015), Steve Charnovitz
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This table shows how the features of the ILO complaint procedures originating in 1919 became a model for the dispute settlement procedures written into the Charter of the International Trade Organization (ITO) in 1948 and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the World Trade Organization.
The Right To Strike And Its Possible Conflict With Other Fundamental Rights Of The People In The United States, Charles B. Craver
The Right To Strike And Its Possible Conflict With Other Fundamental Rights Of The People In The United States, Charles B. Craver
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Although the right to strike is not constitutionally protected in the U.S., it is protected for private sector workers under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act as concerted activity for mutual aid and protection. Federal employees and most state and local government employees do not have the right to strike, but several states permit work stoppages by non-essential personnel. Most collective bargaining agreements contain no-strike clauses forbidding work stoppages during the term of such contracts. Sympathy strikes by private sector workers supporting strikes by employees bargaining over new contract terms are usually protected as concerted activity for mutual …
How To Make The Much-Needed Employee Free Choice Act Politically Acceptable, Charles B. Craver
How To Make The Much-Needed Employee Free Choice Act Politically Acceptable, Charles B. Craver
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The proposed Employee Free Choice Act (AFCA) would make it easier for employees to select bargaining agents by allowing unions to become certified based upon authorization cards instead of secret ballot Labor Board elections. This practice would be similar to the practice employed by the Labor Board under the original NLRA from 1935 until 1947. To ensure that a majority of workers really desire representation, EFCA could require that 60% or 67% of employees in proposed bargaining units sign authorization cards before the designated union could be certified. EFCA would also require first contract arbitration in the many instances in …
The Ilo Convention On Freedom Of Association And Its Future In The United States, Steve Charnovitz
The Ilo Convention On Freedom Of Association And Its Future In The United States, Steve Charnovitz
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This paper addresses the status of the international law convention on freedom of association in the United States. Although the United States supported the adoption of the Convention on Freedom of Association (#87) in the International Labour Organization in 1948, the U.S. government has not ratified that Convention. Instead, the Convention has sat on the shelf in the United States Senate since 1949, the longest unratified convention on the treaty calendar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The paper analyzes the disadvantages for the United States in failing to become a party to this important treaty. The paper notes that …