Topic
Strikes
156 published works
The Right Coast
360-MILE traffic jam hell for Paris commuters as nationwide strikes cause enormous road delays | Daily Mail Online
French commuters faced a 360-mile traffic jam today as the fifth day of nationwide strikes caused delays into Paris. via www.dailymail.co.uk
Labor Relations Law Insider
Employers Can Terminate Health Insurance Benefits for Union Employees During a Strike
By Terry Potter, Laura Malugade
The UAW strike against GM represents the latest strike in a string of labor disputes between management and union workers. Continuation of health benefits during a strike is always a…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
The NLRB Confirms that Intermittent Strikes in Furtherance of the Same Goal are Unprotected
The National Labor Relations Act’s (NLRA or Act) Section 7 grants to all employees — regardless of whether they are unionized or not — the right to engage in protected…
Labor Relations Update
Employer’s Discipline of Employees Engaging In “Intermittent Strikes” Lawful: NLRB Majority
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox, Jacob L. Hirsch
This summer has been punctuated by walkouts. We have seen walkouts in support of a $15 minimum wage and walkouts to protest the sale of goods to the government. Walking…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Striking Myanmar Workers March on Government Compound
Many thanks to Aaron Halegua for sending word of this labor dispute in Myanmar. As many of you know, I visited Myanmar last month to meet with labor leaders. This…
Employer Labor Relations
NLRB Limits Protections for Striking Workers in Consolidated Communications
By: Christopher W. Kelleher and John T. Ayers-Mann Seyfarth Synopsis: Though the NLRA provides robust protections for striking employees, the Board’s decision in Consolidated Communications demonstrates some of the limits…
Supplemental Conditions
Rights Afforded to Employees and Employers During Strikes
One of the most powerful weapons in labor’s arsenal is a strike. Like most powerful weapons there is a dichotomy in a strike. On one hand, it can bring about…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Big Mac and Steel Strikes, with a Side of #MeToo, Taxes, & Tariffs
Currently, two big strike events are in the news. One has already occurred and the other may be on the horizon.First was a nationwide strike on Tuesday by some McDonald's…
Global Workplace Insider
Contempt of court and protected strikes
Where employees take part in a strike, albeit protected, they run the risk of being held in contempt of court and being held personally liable for a fine or even…
The Right Coast
Brazil, Scared and Leaderless, Looks to the Military | Americas Quarterly
SÃO PAULO - I arrived here on Sunday in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Or so it seemed. A nationwide truckers strike was in its seventh day and 99…