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Unionism
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Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Dealers Vote to Unionize with UAW at Foxwoods; Continued Challenges Likely
The battle over unionization at Foxwoods casino moved a bit closer to resolution early this morning. The Day reports that dealers voted in the United Auto Workers union by by…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
UAW / Foxwoods – What It Means in Connecticut
USA Today reports that the United Auto Workers (who are dominating the headlines this week with their strike and settlement with General Motors) filed formal petition papers with the National…
Labor Law Prof Blog
So What Would It Be Like to Live in Country With A 30% Unionization Rate?
Well, you could find out if you were willing to move north of the Border:Statistics Canada has released Perspectives on Labour and Incomedealing with Unionization in 2006 and the first…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants Seek to Unionize In Big Apple
The Washington Post has an interesting article on efforts by low wage immigrant -- including undocumented -- workers to unionize in New York City. Immigrant unionization efforts, which belie the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Union Win Rates this Past June
The summer heat apparently also heats up worker desire to be represented by a collective bargaining representative of their own choosing. Mitch Rubinstein of Adjunct Prof Blog reports:The most recent…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Unions for Former Gang Members
The LA Times has a story today about how some former gang members are making it going the union route:Shortly after his release from prison four years ago, Julio Silva…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Card-Check Election Victory for Workers at Rutgers
The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) has the scoop about how workers at Rutgers University in New Jersey utilized the card-check agreement method to form a union. You may…
Labor Law Prof Blog
A TSA Union On the Horizon?
The Senate just approved a bill (51-46) that would allow Transportation Security Administration employees to unionize, which Paul Secunda posted on a few days ago. As the House has already…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Organizing Lawyers
Mitchell Rubinstein has an article coming out in the New York State Bar Association Journal (Jan. 2007, pp. 23-29) on Attorney Labor Unions. Here's the abstract:Attorneys may be interested in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
GW and Its Adjunct Professors Union Fight It Out
The Chronicle of Higher Education has the story (subscription required) on how the D.C. Circuit has upheld the decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), finding that George Washington…