Strike one?The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). struck down a 40-year precedent earlier this month, ruling that unions cannot strike over a single worker. Scott Whitlin, shareholder of Los Angeles employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart LLP, represented International Transportation Service Inc. of Long Beach in the appeal of its case petitioning the National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right . The court ruled that the California container terminal operator did not commit an unfair labor practice Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. when it fired Deanna Tartaglia in 2002 after she picketed the firm in a bid to have the company recognize the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) as her personal bargaining representative. Tartaglia's picketing led to a half-day sympathy strike at the Port of Long Beach, which cost the port an estimated $90,000. Through its membership with the Pacific Maritime Association The Pacific Maritime Association represents shipping companies and terminal operators. In a 2002 dispute with a longshoremen's union, 10,500 dockworkers were locked out because of an alleged slowdown. President George W. Bush is expected to invoke a cooling off period. , the company indirectly employs longshoremen represented by unions affiliated with the ILWU. International Transportation initially found to have violated the National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted for its dismissal of Tartaglia when it petitioned the National Labor Relations Board. But the Appeals Court judge rejected the union's right to petition The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. for recognition for a one-person unit. "She wanted union representation, but as a single employee there's no right for collective bargaining," Whitlin said. The ILWU declined to comment. Staff reporter Emily Bryson York can be reached at eyork@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225, ext. 235. |
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