All Posts Tagged With: "National Labor Relations Act"
Congress and Public Safety Unionism
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) applies to unionism in private-sector employment, except in the railroad and airline industries, where the Railway Labor Act sets the rules.No federal statute regarding unionism applies to state and local government employees. Rather, each state adopts its own rules, and 20 states have chosen not to engage in compulsory collective bargaining with unions representing public safety employees (such as police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel).
1Feb2001 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedCapital Letters
To the Editor: In response to Charles Baird’s article “Sources of Pro-Union Sentimentality” (Ideas on Liberty, March), I would like to respond with a few points overlooked. Although I agree with most of the points brought up by Professor Baird, I think unions do play a legitimate role in the marketplace for several reasons. First, [...]
1Jun2000 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedUnions and Antitrust: Governmental Hypocrisy
Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act states that “every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce . . . is hereby declared to be illegal.” Notwithstanding that the antitrust laws have been used to favor particular competitors rather than the competitive process, the Act [...]
1Feb2000 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedTony Blair and Fairness at Work
Tony Blair, prime minister of Great Britain, heads the “New Labour” Party. The old Labour Party was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the umbrella organization for most British unions. In 1976 Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan asserted that “no modern government can govern against the trade unions.” During the 1978–79 [...]
1May1999 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Myth of Compulsory Union Membership
Organized labor wants workers to think they can be forced to join a union as a condition of continued employment. The union-employer agreements that accomplish that are called “union security” clauses in collective bargaining pacts. For example, Weyerhaeuser Paper Co. and the United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) have a union security clause that requires all [...]
1Mar1998 | Charles W. Baird | 2 comments | ContinuedElections, Extortion, and Unions
Suppose Congress passed a law that abolished secret-ballot elections for membership in Congress. Instead, each candidate, and his or her campaign workers, collected signatures of support from voters. The signatures would be solicited face to face from each voter, who could give his or her signature to only one candidate in each election. The winning [...]
1Jan1998 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedFreedom-for-Labor Day in New Zealand
May 15, 1991, is a day that shall live in glory in the history of the world-wide struggle to free working men and women from the shackles of compulsory unionism. On that date the New Zealand Parliament enacted the Employment Contracts Act (ECA), a piece of legislation that, notwithstanding its two faults, could be used [...]
1Oct1996 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | Continued-
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