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Unionism
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Whither Unionization?
The question of the month highlighted on Cornell's Institute for Worplace Studies (IWS) Documented News Service (via the LERA listserv) is:How many unions are there in the United States? How…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Employees Still Look to Unions for Traditional Reasons
Although this is not a Top 10 list of the David Letterman variety, HR.BLR.com points to a poll by the Employment Law Alliance which establishes the top 4 reasons why…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Wal-Mart?!
As reported in Paul Secunda's post a few days ago, Wal-Mart had expressed something resembling indifference to the fact that workers at one of its stores in China had unionized. …
Labor Law Prof Blog
Foundation Rescinds Book Award Because of Author’s Opposition to Unionization of Yale Graduate Students
According to the Chronicle of HigherEducation, the Sidney Hillman Foundation at the last minute rescinded an award it already had announced would go to authors Ian Shapiro and Michael Graetz. …
Family Law Prof Blog
Foster Parents in the State of Washington Move Toward Unionizing
By Family Law
Foster parents in the state of Washington have been working quietly for the past few months to join the Washington Federal of Sate Employees and make Washington the first state…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hutchinson on Contemporary Unionism as a Fraternal Conceit
Harry Hutchinson (George Mason) has posted on SSRN his new paper: Contemporary Unionism as a Fraternal Conceit? A Review of George E. Leef's "Free Choice for Workers: A History of…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Are Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty Unions A Good Idea?
Here is an interesting article from Inside Higher Ed about how adjuncts and part-time faculty at two community colleges in California have decided to make their own way to the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Just a Tad Redundant: More Bad News for Wal-Mart on the Employment Front
According to BeneBlog, in Frank Lupiani v Wal-Mart Stores, No. 04-1392 (8th Cir. 1/19/06), "[t]he 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’sdismissal of an ERISA lawsuit [against Wal-Mart],…
ContractsProf Blog
N.Y.U Graduate Students Threaten Strike
About 1,000 N.Y.U. graduate student teaching assistants lost their union representation back in August when their contract with the university expired. At that time, following a policy reversal by the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Newsworthy
Unions struggle to organize academics as labor changes (by Matt Apuzzo)"With American manufacturing jobs disappearing, many union leaders say they must organize high-tech workers and academics to survive. But organizers…