Labor Relations Law: Cases and Materials, Fourteenth Edition

✍ Scribed by Charles B. Craver, Marion G. Crain, Grant M. Hayden

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 938
• Edition: Fourteenth
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive casebook is designed for an intensive examination of the union-management relationship throughout its major phases. Largely tracking the organization of the National Labor Relations Act, it covers the right of employees to join together for organizational purposes, the regulation of the union-organizing process including the use of economic weapons, the development of bargaining relationships, the negotiation and enforcement of collective agreements, and, more briefly, the law governing internal union affairs. The text responds generously to the most significant current developments in the field, while simultaneously providing a set of materials that will be truly manageable in the usual three- or four-hour courses.

The fourteenth edition also includes over sixty new hypothetical problems designed to test students’ knowledge of existing doctrines and push them to explore issues that don’t admit of ready answers. As with previous editions, the book will be supplemented with a comprehensive teacher’s manual and a biennial supplement to keep the book up-to-date.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Preface to the ­Fourteenth Edition
Part 1
Introduction and Historical Background
Union Relevance in the 21st ­Century
Charles B. Craver, Why ­Labor Unions Must (and Can) Survive
Marion Crain & Ken Matheny, ­Labor’s Identity Crisis
Section I. Historical Background
A. The Pre-­Civil War Period
1. Early Development of ­Labor Unions
2. The “Criminal Conspiracy” Doctrine
Philadelphia Cordwainers’ Case [Commonwealth v. Pullis]
B. The Post-­Civil War Era
1. The Growth of National Unions and ­Labor Unrest
2. Judicial Reaction and the ­Labor Injunction
3. ­Labor Unions from 1900 to 1933
C. The Period Since 1933
1. The Initial New Deal ­Labor Policies
2. The National ­Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), 1935
3. Union Growth ­under the Wagner Act: The CIO and Industrial Unions
4. The ­Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-­Hartley Act), 1947
5. The Labor-­Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-­Griffin Act), 1959
6. Or­ga­nized ­Labor from the 1970s to the Pre­sent
Steven Green­house, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Pre­sent, and ­Future of American ­Labor
Robert B. Reich, Saving Capitalism
Section II. Introductory Materials
A. Coverage of the National ­Labor Relations Act
1. Scope of the Concept “Affecting Commerce”
2. NLRB Exercise of Its Jurisdiction
NLRB, A Guide to Basic Law and Procedures ­Under the National ­Labor Relations Act
3. Exclusions from Coverage
a. In­de­pen­dent Contractors
House Committee on Education and ­Labor
b. Supervisory Employees
c. Managerial Employees
d. Confidential Employees
e. Other Exclusions
i. Agricultural Laborers and Domestic Servants
ii. Residents, Interns, and Other Students
iii. Undocumented Workers
iv. Employees at Religious Schools and Health Care Institutions
v. Employees of Businesses Operated by Native American Tribes
Prob­lems
B. Organ­ization and Procedure of the National ­Labor Relations Board
1. Organ­ization of the Board and the General Counsel
2. NLRB Procedures
C. NLRB Rule-­Making Authority
Part 2
The Right of Self-­Organization and Protection against Employer Unfair ­Labor Practices
Seminar on ­Free Speech and Preelection Conduct, Southwestern ­Legal Foundation, ­Labor Law Developments, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Institute on ­Labor Law
Bernard Karsh, Diary of a Strike
Section I. Employer Interference, Restraint, or Coercion
A. Limiting Orga­nizational Activities on Employer’s Premises
Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB
Notes
NLRB v. United Steelworkers [Nutone, Inc.]
Note
Prob­lem
B. Anti-­Union Speeches and Publications
Notes
NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co.
Notes
Prob­lems
C. Interrogation
Blue Flash Express, Inc.
Notes
Prob­lems
D. Economic Coercion and Inducement
NLRB v. Exchange Parts Co.
Notes
Prob­lem
E. Vio­lence and Intimidation, Espionage and Surveillance, and Economic Coercion
F. Employer Responsibility for Anti-­Union Conduct of Subordinates and ­Others
Section II. Employer Domination or Support
Michael C. Harper, The Continuing Relevance of Section 8(a)(2) to the Con­temporary Workplace
Prob­lem
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union v. NLRB [Bernhard-­Altmann Texas Corp.]
Notes
Section III. Employer Discrimination
A. Discrimination to Discourage Union Activity
Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co. v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lems
B. Discrimination to Encourage Union Membership
1. Hiring Halls and Other Practices
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 357 v. NLRB
Notes
2. Union Security ­Under Federal Legislation
Statutory References
NLRB v. General Motors Corp.
Notes
3. The First Amendment and the ­Free Rider Prob­lem
Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks
Notes
4. State “Right-­to-­Work” Legislation
Statutory Reference
Retail Clerks, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn
Note
C. Which Activities Are Protected ­Under Section 7?
1. Concerted Activity on Social Media
2. Employer Work Rules and Policies Potentially Restricting § 7 Activity
Prob­lems
3. Arbitration Clauses Prohibiting Class Actions in the Nonunion Setting
Note
4. Constructive Concerted Activity
NLRB v. City Disposal Systems
Notes
Prob­lem
5. Weingarten Rights
Notes
6. Loss of Protection Due to Unlawful Objective, Unlawful Means, or Means against Public Policy
Elk Lumber Co.
Notes
Prob­lem
Mastro Plastics Corp. v. NLRB
Notes
7. Use of Replacement Workers during Strikes
NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
Notes
8. Inducements to Strike Crossovers and New Hires
9. Proof of Motive in Cases Involving Violations of Sections 8(a)(3) and (1)
Note
Prob­lem
D. Lockouts, Plant Closings, and “Runaway Shops”
NLRB v. Truck ­Drivers, Local 449, International Brotherhood of Teamsters [Buffalo Linen Case]
NLRB v. Brown
Notes
American Ship Building Co. v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lem
Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Mfg. Co.
Notes
Prob­lem
E. Remedial Prob­lems
Notes
Part 3
Repre­sen­ta­tion Questions
John Logan, Con­sul­tants, ­Lawyers, and the “Union ­Free” Movement in the USA Since the 1970s
Section I. Establishing Representative Status through NLRB Elections
Statutory References
A. Bars to Conducting an Election
NLRB, Thirty-­Seventh Annual Report
Notes
B. Defining the Appropriate Unit
Blue Man Vegas, LLC v. NLRB
1. Multiple Plant Units
NLRB, Seventeenth Annual Report
Note
2. Multiemployer Units
NLRB, Twenty-­Third Annual Report
Notes
Prob­lem
Notes
C. The Conduct of Repre­sen­ta­tion Elections
NLRB, Thirty-­First Annual Report
Note
NLRB, Thirty-­First Annual Report
Notes
Prob­lem
D. Court Review of Repre­sen­ta­tion Proceedings
Leedom v. Kyne
Notes
NLRB, Twenty-­Sixth Annual Report
NLRB, Forty-­Sixth Annual Report
Notes
Section II. Establishing Representative Status through Unfair ­Labor Practice Proceedings
NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co.
Notes
Linden Lumber Division, Summer & Co. v. NLRB
Note
Section III. Duration of the Duty to Bargain
Brooks v. NLRB
Notes
Auciello Iron Works, Inc. v. NLRB
Notes
NLRB v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
Notes
American Seating Co.
Note
Prob­lems
Part 4
Union Collective Action
Neil W. Chamberlain, The Philosophy of American Management ­Toward ­Labor, in ­Labor in a Changing Amer­i­ca
Lloyd G. Reynolds, Stanley H. Masters & Colletta H. Moser, ­Labor Economics and ­Labor Relations
Section I. Introduction
A. Collective Action at Common Law
B. Anti-­Injunction Statutes
Notes
Section II. Union Discipline
NLRB v. Allis-­Chalmers Mfg. Co.
Notes
Note
Pattern Makers’ League of North Amer­i­ca v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lem
Section III. Orga­nizational and Recognitional Picketing
NLRB v. ­Drivers, Chauffeurs, Helpers, Local 639 [Curtis Bros.]
Note
International HOD Carriers Local 840 [Blinne Construction Co.]
Smitley, d/b/a Crown Cafeteria v. NLRB
Notes
Houston Building & Construction Trades Council [Claude Everett Construction Co.]
Notes
Prob­lems
Note
Section IV. Secondary Pressure
A. Primary-­Secondary Distinction
NLRB v. International Rice Milling Co.
Notes
B. Common Situs Prob­lems
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific & Moore Dry Dock Co.
Notes
Prob­lem
NLRB v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council
Note
International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, Local 761, AFL-­CIO v. NLRB [General Electric Co.]
Notes
Prob­lems
C. The Ally Doctrine
NLRB v. Business Machine & Office Appliance Mechanics Conference Board, IUE, Local 459 [Royal Typewriter Co.]
Notes
Prob­lems
D. Consumer Picketing
NLRB v. Retail Clerks, Local 1001 [Safeco Title Insurance Co.]
Note
Prob­lem
E. Threats and Coercion of Secondary Employers
Notes
Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building Trades Council
Note
Prob­lem
F. Hot Cargo Agreements
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 1976 v. NLRB [Sand Door]
Notes
Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers Local 100
Note
Note
National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass’n v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lem
G. Damages for Unlawful Secondary Activity
United Mine Workers, District 28 v. Patton
Notes
Section V. Jurisdictional Disputes
NLRB, Thirty-­Seventh Annual Report
Notes
Section VI. “Featherbedding”
American Newspaper Publishers Ass’n v. NLRB
Section VII. National ­Labor Relations Act Preemption
A. Garmon Preemption
San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon
Notes
Amalgamated Ass’n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of Amer­i­ca v. Lockridge
Notes
Notes
B. Machinists Preemption
Notes
Notes
C. Comparing Garmon Preemption and Machinists Preemption
Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
Notes
Prob­lem
Part 5
Collective Bargaining
Albert Rees, The Economics of Trade Unions
Freeman & Medoff, The Two ­Faces of Unionism, in The Public Interest
Notes
Section I. Exclusive Repre­sen­ta­tion and Majority Rule
J. I. Case Co. v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lems
Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organ­ization
Notes
Molly S. McUsic & Michael Selmi, Postmodern Unions: Identity Politics in the Workplace
Marion Crain & Ken Matheny, “­Labor’s Divided Ranks”: Privilege and the United Front Ideology
Notes
Section II. Fair Repre­sen­ta­tion and Individual Contract Rights
Archibald Cox, The Duty of Fair Repre­sen­ta­tion
Clyde W. Summers, Individual Rights in Collective Agreements and Arbitration
A. Judicial Enforcement of Fair Repre­sen­ta­tion
Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Notes
Prob­lem
1. Defining the Duty
Vaca v. Sipes
Notes
Notes
Prob­lems
2. Relationship to Contract Breach
Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.
Notes
Notes
Notes
B. Unfair Repre­sen­ta­tion as an Unfair ­Labor Practice
Notes
Prob­lem
Section III. Union Repre­sen­ta­tion and Antidiscrimination Law
A. An Overview of Title VII
B. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
C. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
D. Areas of Tension between ­Labor Law and Antidiscrimination Law
1. Sexual and Racial Harassment by Coworkers
2. Individual Requests for Accommodation ­Under the ADA
Prob­lem
E. Union Waiver of Individual Statutory Forum Rights
Notes
Notes
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
Notes
Section IV. The Nature of the Duty to Bargain
A. Good Faith
­Labor Study Group,* The Public Interest in National ­Labor Policy
General Electric Co.
Note
NLRB v. General Electric Co.
Notes
Prob­lems
NLRB v. American National Insurance Co.
Prob­lem
Notes
Prob­lem
Notes
B. Bargaining Remedies
H. K. Porter Co. v. NLRB
Notes
Ex-­Cell-­O Corp.
Notes
C. Unilateral Action
NLRB v. Katz
Notes
Prob­lems
D. Supplying Information
NLRB v. Truitt Manufacturing Co.
Notes
Prob­lems
Section V. The Subject ­Matter of Collective Bargaining
NLRB v. Wooster Division of Borg-­Warner Corp.
Notes
Prob­lems
Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers Local 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Notes
Prob­lem
Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. NLRB
Notes
First National Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB
Notes
Prob­lems
Section VI. The Duty to Bargain during a Contract’s Term
The Jacobs Manufacturing Co.
Notes
Notes
Prob­lem
Part 6
The Collective Agreement
Section I. The ­Legal Status of the Collective Agreement
Section II. Enforcement of the Collective Agreement through the Grievance and Arbitration Pro­cess
­Labor Study Group, The Public Interest in National ­Labor Policy
A. The Grievance Procedure
B. Voluntary Arbitration
1. Interest Arbitration
2. Grievance Arbitration
C. Arbitration ­Under the Railway ­Labor Act
Section III. Judicial Enforcement of the Collective Agreement
A. Federal Oversight: Section 301 of the ­Labor Management Relations Act
Textile Workers Union v. Lincoln Mills
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware­house­men & Helpers, Local 174 v. Lucas Flour Co.
Notes
Note
B. Arbitrability
United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
Note
Notes
C. Arbitration ­Under Lapsed Collective Bargaining Agreements
Notes
D. Judicial Enforcement of Arbitration Awards
Note
Notes
E. The Public Policy Exception
Notes
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers District 17
Note
Prob­lem
Section IV. The Enforcement of Strike Bans and the Effect of Norris-­La Guardia
Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Local 770
Notes
Prob­lem
Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers
Notes
Prob­lem
Notes
Section V. Section 301 Preemption and State Claims
Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.
Notes
Prob­lem
Notes
Prob­lem
Section VI. Contract Rights and Statutory Rights —­ ​Overlapping Law and Forums
A. Unilateral Contract Modification Cases —­ ​Bargaining during the Term of the Agreement
NLRB v. C & C Plywood Corp.
Notes
Milwaukee Spring Division of Illinois Coil Spring Co.
Note
B. Deference to Arbitration
Collyer Insulated Wire
Notes
Prob­lem
C. Deferral Where ­Labor Board Has Primary Jurisdiction —­ ​Representational Issues
Notes
Notes
D. Contract Rejection in Bankruptcy
Notes
Section VII. Successor Employers’ Contractual and Bargaining Obligations
Notes
NLRB v. Burns International Security Ser­vices, Inc.
Notes
Prob­lem
Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. NLRB
Notes
Part 7
Internal Union Affairs
Archibald Cox, Internal Affairs of ­Labor Unions ­Under the ­Labor Reform Act of 1959
Section I. The Bill of Rights
Clyde W. Summers, The Impact of Landrum-­Griffin in State Courts, in N.Y.U. Thirteenth Annual Conference on ­Labor
Directors Guild of Amer­i­ca, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Section II. Reporting and Disclosure Provisions
House Committee on Education and ­Labor
Section III. Trusteeships and Parent-­Local Relations
Section IV. The Regulation of Racketeering and Communist Activity
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