Dr. Millis: Scientist of Labor
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- Board deals unions a bad hand. Meisler, Andy // Workforce Management;Jul2004, Vol. 83 Issue 7, p26
Presents information on the decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to re-examine the card-check neutrality agreement rules of union movements in the U.S. Move of the board majority to overturn decisions by NLRB regional offices to reject complaints by anti-union workers whose...
- Crisis and Opportunity for Labor. Heckscher, Charles // Labor Law Journal;Aug87, Vol. 38 Issue 8, p465
The article discusses the crisis facing the labor movement in the United States in 1987. The level of unionization among young workers is estimated to be 16 percent. Several factors that contribute to the decline in organized labor are unfair competition from the Japanese, automation, increase...
- Supervisors at Handbilling Location Held Improper. // Labor Law Journal;Mar70, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p188
This article focuses on a case regarding the decision of Tex Manufacturing Co. to station its supervisors at the handbilling location of its labor union. In addition, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found, the employer's action interfered with the distribution of union literature....
- Nurses protest potential loss of union protections. // American Teacher;Dec2006/Jan2007, Vol. 91 Issue 4, p10
The article reports that the labor movement is mobilizing against a decision by the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling over the Kentucky River cases states that companies can designate workers as supervisors even if they only instruct fellow workers to perform tasks, work in a certain...
- EBB AND FLOW IN AMERICA'S TRADE UNIONS: THE PRESENT PROSPECT. Gitlow, Abraham L. // Labor Law Journal;Summer2012, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p123
The article focuses on the trade unions within the U.S. in 2012. Topics include the history and development of the trade union movement in the U.S. after World War II, the creation of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and the impact of the Industrial Revolution on labor laws in the U.S....
- Trouble Looming. Wellstone, Paul D. // New Republic;3/12/77, Vol. 176 Issue 11, p14
Focuses on the orientation of J.P. Stevens & Co., a giant textile chain, in terms of organized labor in the U.S. Dismissal of union supporters during an organizing campaign, as a part of the company's anti-union strategy; Effectiveness of the strategy; Role played by National Labor Relations...
- The Representational Dispute. Hoffman, Robert B. // Labor Law Journal;Jun73, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p323
The article looks at both past and pending U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and court decisions. In the U. S. Supreme Court decision on the case of Carey v. Westinghouse, it declared a dispute between two unions as "so-called jurisdictional dispute," that may involve either...
- Nurses ready to fight back. Evans, Melanie // Modern Healthcare;10/9/2006, Vol. 36 Issue 40, p6
The article reports on the decision of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board concerning the eligibility of charge nurses to join labor unions in the country. It was found by the board that charge nurses qualify as management, though registered nurses who hold such jobs on a part-time basis...
- NLRB set to send labor up the river. Harrell, Jeremy // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009);7/28/2006, Vol. 53 Issue 31, p5A
The article reports that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the U.S. is expected to issue a ruling that would reclassify many union members. The NLRB is the federal agency that certifies union workplace elections. The ruling would make organizing employers more difficult since fewer...
