National Child Labor Committee

through sudden strike activity. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Supreme Court's Gardner-Denver decision: a. resulted in trial courts overturning discrimination grievances heard by the arbitrators. b. contended that the arbitrator’s expertise pertains to labor agreement interpretation and not to resolving federal civil rights laws. c. applies only to "reverse-discrimination" grievances (white employees having more seniority who are denied a promotion filled by a minority employee, for example).…

Three Acts of Roosevelt's New Deal The National Labor Relations Act is also known as the Wagner Act. In 1933, Senator Robert F. Wagner submitted a bill before Congress that would prohibit unfair labor practices by employers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed this bill into law on July 5, 1935. It guaranteed the right of employees to organize, form unions, and bargain collectively with their employers. It also assured that workers would have a choice on whether to belong to a union or…

This Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge is being filed on behalf of NFFE 1442 Local Union concerning affected NFFE, 1442 Local Union Vice President Mr. Charles Vickery due to a Letter of Reprimand that was given to him by his immediate Supervisor. The Letter of Reprimand was administered on 24 October 2017 as a result of him requesting Sick Leave and an exchange of words between him and the Supervisor that ensued. The charge is being filed to contest violations by the Immediate Supervisor,…

Harley Act was definitely more favorable to management by limiting the power that unions had, the intentions of the Taft Hartley Act was to readjust the regulations of labor management and basically give everyone involved a fair playing field if you will. Another big thing the Taft Hartley Act did was to establish 6 unfair union labor practices. It stopped excessive fees for joining unions as a condition of memberships. The Taft Hartley Act also prevented the influences in a employers…

When this happened, management instructed the committees that management was no longer able to partake but that the committee could continue their work if they wanted to (Reed and Bogardus, 2012). Outcomes. As a direct result of the Electromation Inc., case, the NLRB indicated that not every employee-participation committee is employer-dominated organizations and they may also serve a purpose if they are not dominated by the employer. The NLRB also resolved that compensating…

3. Describe the process of establishing and decertifying a collective bargaining unit in the workplace. The process of establishing a collective bargaining unit in the workplace consists of certain steps that should be followed; the organizing time line. The first step in this sequence is initiating; there are three possible initiators: one or more employees, a union, or an employer. Budd states that an employer initiated drive might be odd, but in the “1960s and 1970s some agricultural…

The Federal Sector Labor-Management Relations Statute of 1978 is law that gave public workers the right to organize into union to better work conditions it similar to the NLRA in some cases. According to FLRA government website states, “Each employee shall have the right to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and each employee shall be protected in the exercise of such right. Except as otherwise…

1. What are the non-union employee rights under the LMRA? The Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA), also known as the Taft- Hartley Act that was passed in 1947, empowers employees to organize and collectively bargain with employers. The LMRA is an amendment to the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 that supported the closed shop era in the US wherein a union member who cannot pay union dues as well as non-union employees can lose their employment status for failing to comply to the union.…

A strike is the most powerful weapon that Unions and employees have to convince employers to meet their demands when it comes to improved wages, working conditions and hours. Due to employees striking, employers are in some cases forced to use permanent replacement workers. Should Congress step in and outlaw the use of permanent replacements during strikes? Some are in agreement with employers stating that if they are not able to replace the striking workers they, the employer, could face…

National Labor Relations Board: Role, Policy and Political Influence The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established in 1935 by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). (Carrell & Heavrin, 2013, p. 31). According to Carrell and Heavrin (2013), the NLRA also known as the Wagner Act states that employees have the right to self-organize; to form, join, or assist labor organizations; to bargain collectively through representation of their own choosing; to engage in other concerted…