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Union Representation
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Employer Law Report
Unions Get Another Boost From NLRB
Once a union has established majority support among a group of employees, the union's right to represent those employees continues as long as the majority support continues. Employees can demonstrate…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
NLRB Challenges Arizona’s Secret Ballot for Union Representation
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The National Labor Relations Board filed suit last week against the State of Arizona challenging its constitutional provision that guarantees the right to vote by secret ballot for employee representation. …
Labor & Employment Law Blog
National Labor Relations Board Seeks To Force Boeing To Direct Work To Union-Represented Plant
On April 20, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board, in what many are calling the strongest signal yet of the pro-labor bent of the President Obama era Board, issued a…
Vorys on Labor
SEIU Strikes Out
By Nelson Cary
Earlier this year, Catholic Health Partners filed an "RM" petition with the NLRB's regional office in Cincinnati, Ohio. An RM petition is a way for employers to initiate NLRB-conducted, secret ballot…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
New NMB Proposal to Make it Easier to Organize
"EFCA" is not just an abbreviation for the Employee Free Choice Act. In a larger sense, it stands for a dramatic shift in our nation's labor relations policy that…
Civil Service Disqualification Appeals Attorney Blog
Appeal to challenge complaint dismissal involving consulting with union representative denied
Seabrook v City of New York Petitioner, Norman Seabrook, brought about this appeal to challenge the Supreme Court decision to dismiss his complaint. Employees are not allowed to consult with…
La Revue
Vers un syndicalisme enfin représentatif ?
Loi n° 2008-789 du 20 août 2008 portant rénovation de la démocratie sociale et réforme du temps de travail
Labor Law Prof Blog
Deja Vu at the NLRB
First the NLRB-BU (the union representing primarily regional attorneys) fights to keep a unit containing both Board-side and General Counsel-side attorneys. Now the NLRB-PA (representing headquarters attorneys) is doing the…
La Revue
Désignation d’un délégué syndical par lettre non signée : pas de problème
Cass. soc. 5 mars 2008, n° 07-60305Selon notre Cour suprême, le défaut de signature de la lettre désignant un délégué syndical ne remet donc pas en cause la validité de…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
ArticlesMatthew T. Bodie (top left), Information and the Market for Union Representation, 94 Virginia L. Rev. 1 (2008).Dianne Avery (top center), The Great American Makeover: The Sexing Up…