Introduction to Labor Law

Evan Gold Michael

Description

An Introduction to Labor Law is a useful primer that explains the basic principles of the federal law regulating the relationship of employers to labor unions. In this updated third edition, which features a new introduction, Michael Evan Gold discusses the law that applies to union organizing and representation elections, the duty to bargain in good faith, economic weapons such as strikes and lockouts, and the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements. Gold describes the structure and functions of the National Labor Relations Board and of the federal courts in regard to labor cases and also presents a number of legal issues presently in contention between labor and management.

Sujets

• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Industrial relations
• Labour

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 04 mars 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801470554
• Langue: English

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AN INTRODUCTION TO LABOR LAW

AN INTRODUCTION TO LABOR LAW

Third Edition

Michael Evan Gold

ILR Press an imprint of CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

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First edition published 1989 by ILR Press Second edition published 1998 by Cornell University Press

Third edition published 2014 by Cornell University Press First printing of third edition, Cornell Paperbacks, 2014

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Gold, Michael Evan.  An introduction to labor law / Michael Evan Gold. — Third edition  pages cm  Includes index.  ISBN 9780801479229 (pbk. : alk. paper)  1. Labor laws and legislation—United States. I. Title.  KF3319.G62 2014  344.7301—dc23 2013035398

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Preface

Introduction

CONTENTS

1. Labor Law before the Labor Act

2. An Overview of the Labor Act

3. The Labor Board

4. Organizing and Elections

5. The Duty to Bargain

6. Economic Weapons

7. Enforcement of Labor Contracts

Afterword

Index

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PREFACE

The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the federal law of unions and employers. This law is composed of two major ele ments. The first element is the National Labor Relations Act and the amendments to it. The second element is the decisions of the National Labor Relations Board and of the federal courts; these decisions inter pret and apply the statutes. The statutes are long and complex, and the decisions of the Labor Board and of the courts number in the hundreds of thousands. As a result, this book cannot cover all of the law. Only the most important areas of the law are discussed, and the discussion of these areas is pur posefully simplified. Although all of the following statements about the law are accurate, many are incomplete. Much more could be said about every topic addressed in this book. Two types of reader are likely to benefit from reading this book. One is the person who knows little or nothing about the law; the other is the person whose knowledge has become rusty with disuse. The former can learn, the latter can relearn, the basic principles and structures of the law. One type of reader is unlikely to benefit from this book: the person who needs to know whether specific conduct, arising in a context of many other facts, is legal or illegal. Too many rules have been omitted, too many qualifications have gone unstated, for this book to serve

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this purpose. The reader who needs to know the law in a specific case should consult a comprehensive treatise on labor law or, better yet, a labor lawyer. Samuel Kaynard and Peter Hoffman were kind enough to read and comment on the previous editions of this book, and Kati Grif fith reviewed the revisions that are incorporated in this edition. Of course, any errors or misleading statements that may remain are the responsibility of the author.

AN INTRODUCTION TO LABOR LAW