The developing labor law; the board, the courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, 5th ed.; 2v.9781570185724 The developing labor law; the board, the courts, and 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 , 5th ed.; 2v. Ed. by John E. Higgins et al. BNA BNA Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. BNA Birds of North America BNA block numbering area (US Census) BNA British North America BNA Banco Nacional de Angola (National Bank of Angola) Books 2007 3349 pages $685.00 Hardcover KF3369 Produced by the American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law, this two-volume treatise describes the development of labor law under the National Labor Relations Act through the end of 2005. The editor-in-chief (a member of 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 and a faculty member at the Columbus School of Law The Columbus School of Law is the law school of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1897. Today the school is home to hundreds of students from across the nation and from all walks of life. , Catholic U. of America) first presents chapters detailing the history of the law, covering the Wagner Act, Taft-Hartley changes, Landrum-Griffin changes, and the post-Landrum-Griffin period. The treatise then discusses protected employee activity, covering interference with protected rights, discrimination in employment, employer domination of and assistance to labor organizations. The representation process and union recognition is covered in chapters discussing restrictions on pre-election activity, proceedings and elections, appropriate bargaining units, and recognition and withdrawal of recognition without an election. The collective bargaining process is covered in detail and issues of arbitration are examined. Discussion of issues of economic action, including the primary strike, the lockout lockout, intentional closing up of a company, factory, or shop by an employer to prevent employees from working during a strike or labor dispute. The term lockout , picketing for organization and recognition, the "hot cargo" agreement, and jurisdictional disputes open the second volume, followed by chapters on the duty of fair representation The duty of fair representation is the obligation, incumbent upon U.S. labor unions that are the exclusive bargaining representative of workers in a particular group, to represent all those employees fairly, in good faith, and without discrimination. and union security. The treatise concludes with examination of the administration of the Act in chapters exploring jurisdiction, federal preemption preemption U.S. policy that allowed the first settlers, or squatters, on public land to buy the land they had improved. Since improved land, coveted by speculators, was often priced too high for squatters to buy at auction, temporary preemptive laws allowed them to acquire of state regulation, accommodations to other federal laws, the applicability of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to labor disputes, National Labor Relations Board procedures, NLRB orders and remedies, and judicial review and enforcement. Case issues under current review by the NLRB are included in the discussion. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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