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National Labor Relations Policy: Attuning It To Unions Within Reasonable Limits, Jay J. Levit Jan 1969

National Labor Relations Policy: Attuning It To Unions Within Reasonable Limits, Jay J. Levit

University of Richmond Law Review

In the National Labor Relations Act it is the stated policy of the United States to encourage the collective bargaining process. This article submits that in order to effectuate such a policy, a recognition of the nature and basic need of the union in a procedure involving three parties is vital.


Impasse In Collective Bargaining, David G. Epstein Jan 1966

Impasse In Collective Bargaining, David G. Epstein

Law Faculty Publications

The word "impasse" is an important part of the working vocabulary of all practitioners and students of labor relations. Although numerous trial examiner reports, board orders, court decisions and commentators have used the term impasse, the concept has never been discussed at length. In NLRB v. TexTan, Inc., the Fifth Circuit described "impasse" as "a state of facts in which the parties, despite the best of faith, are simply deadlocked." The Tex-Tan definition, while accurate, is of limited practical significance. It adds little to the definition of impasse that might be found in almost any standard desk dictionary. The only …


Third Party Actions Under Workmen's Compensation Act, J. Westwood Smithers Jan 1962

Third Party Actions Under Workmen's Compensation Act, J. Westwood Smithers

University of Richmond Law Review

At common law any person who wrongfully injures another, intentionally or negligently, is liable to compensate such other person for his damages if the injured person is himself free from contributory fault. If the tortfeasor is a servant, acting within the scope of his employment, his employer (or master) is also liable to answer for the wrong under the long-established doctrine of respondeat superior,with certain exceptions in which immunity is granted to the state, or subdivisions thereof, and to charitable institutions. The trend in modern times has been to narrow, or to entirely abolish, such immunity. By the Federal Tort …