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Labor Law Prof Blog
Workshop Proposals for FMCS Labor-Management Conference Sought
Marty Malin forwarded the following message from John Arnold of the FMCS National Labor Managemnt Conference Steering Committee:With the January 20 deadline for workshop proposals for the conference fast approaching,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
College Boycotts of Coke Products Based on Labor Issues
Gordon Smith over at the Conglomerate blog reports that an increasing number of universities are boycotting Coke products. The list of colleges now includes Rutgers, NYU, and Michigan and there…
Media Law Prof Blog
CBC Lockout May Be Over
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Canadian Media Guild may have reached an agreement. After fifty days, the two organizations came to an understanding early this morning. The wording for…
Labor Law Prof Blog
NLRB/DOL 33rd Annual Joint Conference
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2005Location: Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MATime: 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.Keynote Speakers:Wilma Liebman, Board Member, NLRBHoward Radzely, Solicitor of Labor, DOLFor more information, go to…
California Employment Law Update
Employer’s Confidentiality Rule Violated Federal Law
By Tony Oncidi
Cintas Corp., 344 NLRB No. 118 (June 30, 2005) Cintas Corporation, which, among other things, designs and manufactures corporate uniforms, maintained a provision in its employee handbook stating that it…
Media Law Prof Blog
As CBC Labor Problems Continue, Minister Urges Talks
Canadian Labour Minister Joe Fontana is trying to bring the CBC and the Canadian Media Guild together to discuss the nearly two month old lockout that has resulted in major…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Reich Moving to UC Berkeley
The Washington Post is reporting that former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich will take a faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley. Reich, currently a professor at Brandeis…
California Employment Law Update
Unionized Employees’ Claims For Unpaid Meal Periods And Rest Breaks Were Not Preempted By Federal Law
By Tony Oncidi
Valles v. Ivy Hill Corp., 410 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2005) David Valles and John Breslin sued their employer, the Ivy Hill Corporation, for failing to provide them and other…
ContractsProf Blog
In the news
The dispute between two British periodicals over the rights to photos of the Catherine Zeta-Jones/Michael Douglas wedding looks like it's heading to the House of Lords.Leaders of the Screen Actors…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Labor Peace in the NBA
League, Union Reach Accord (by Thomas Heath and Michael Lee, WashingtonPost.com)"The NBA and its players' union yesterday agreed to a new labor contract that raises the minimum age at which…