Labor Union Coercion: The Misuse of the Grievance Procedure
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The grievance procedure is the mechanism employed by labor unions to provide workers with security. Labor unions might also threaten a worker's employment by failure to process grievances or mishandling grievances. This misuse by labor unions is covered by the National Labor Relations Act's restraint and coercion section. During the 1950s and 1960s, few such cases were filed. The numbers increased in the 1970s. Increased legal sophistication may account for the increase in filings. Labor union abuse of the grievance procedure is because the union uses grievances as an instrument of retribution for dissidence.
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1984
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Interindustry Patterns in Unfair Labor Practice Cases
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Roomkin and Harris examine the frequency of unfair labor practice (ULP) charges, filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), by industry. Manufacturing and other industries associated with collective bargaining make up the largest percentage of the NLRB's case load. Methods for measuring litigiousness are described. Data was based on NLRB closed cases. The time frame was one fiscal year. Roomkin and Harris come to the conclusion that many cases are based on mutual distrust between employers, employees and unions. These cases have little relationship to the factors studied.
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1984
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The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws on Employer Unfair Labor Practice Charges
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Using cost-benefit to measure impact Elliott and Huffman investigate the frequency of unfair labor proactices (ULP) committed by employers. Second, they analyze the filing of charges by unions with or without right-to-work (RTW) laws. The authors outline their assumptions, model and results. Economic racial and gender makeup of the work force are also mentioned. Economics seems to play more of a role in union-filed ULP charges than gender. Other conclusions are that RTW states do not have a significantly higher rate of ULP charges.
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1984
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