Essay About Labor Law And Shop Steward

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First Labor law passed in the 20th century
1914 – Clayton Act
* Labors Magna Carta
1926 – Railway Labor Act
– privater sector
– heavily regulated
– made railway unions legal
– collective bargaining
– only act where there is presidential powers
– can force employees to go back to work, etc.
* substituting labor – replacements
1936 – added airlines to RLA
1932 – Norris LaGuardia
– labor injuction
– yellow dog contracts unenforceable
1935 – Wagner
– the most pro-labor legistilation ever passed in the U.S
– section 7: basic employee rights
– section 8: discrimation
– established “failure to bargain under good faith”
National Labor Relations Board:
* covers employees and unions in the private sectors
* not apart of Labor Department
* handle complaints dealing with unfair labor practices in private sector
* ceritfy unions
First Amendment to Wagner – 1947- Taft Hurtley
– unfair labor practices for unions
– secondary boycotting illegal
-CocaCola example
– cannot get another employer involved in your beef with another employer
– Hot-Cargo Agreement
-cannot put pressure on an employer not to carry specific product in conflict
After Wagner, unions became very powerful and rich.
1957- Landrum-Griffin Act
– Kennedy brothers
– disclosure and reportinhg act
– must report how funds are dealt with
– under Labor Dept- held accountable
– rights for union members
– duty of fair representation
Public Sector:
1.) federal employees
cannot bargain for wages beacause the wages are set by congress
cannot strike
2.) state employees
*most postal employees are in 2 unions and are heavily protected and regulated
Executive order 10809
federal employees can join union
union employees:
shop steward: voted on by shop to represent employees
local president
district president: deals with more than 1 local; most districts are divided into regions
national officers
-through the corporate structure, managers represent the stockholders.
-labor relations managers and representatives are typically found at corporate, divisional and plant levels.
Pullman Strike:
-first time federal injuction was used for strike
-railroad company
-wild-cat strike
-fed troops and fed govt issue stop of strike
-debbs, big organizer in unions particularly in railroad industry
Haymarket Riot:
-8hr work day
-took place in Chicago, Il
-exploitation of child labor
-october 1884 strike was proposed
-Kinght of Labor
-industrial union
-8 ppl were on trial
charged with conspiracy
Homestead Strike:
-when mgmt locks out employees it is called a lockout
-Henry Frick was a known anti-unionist
-craft union
Knights of Labor:
-a fraternal order
-largest organized union
-welcomed blacks to organization
against foreign labor, asians
-4 strategies of operation
1.) non-politicians
pro-lobbying
foreign policy
2.) produce consume co-ops
3.) no strike policy
4.) education of empowerment
-Chicago, Il
-ppl who rejected KOL ideas
– up to 50,000 members
Labor Relations process: occurs when management and the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees jointly determines and administer work rules
1.) recognition of the legitimate