LABOR LAW: UNION ORGANIZATION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
PROFESSOR DATZ
SYLLABUS – SPRING 2015
The textbook is Cox, Bok et al., Labor Law: Cases and Materials (15th ed.) and the 2014 supplement.
LECTURE I
THE BASICS: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TODAY AND PROTECTING
EMPLOYEES’ RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
NLRB JURISDICTION, ORGANIZATION & PROCEDURE (Text pp. 53-77)
(We recommend, but do not require, reviewing THE EVOLUTION OF
LABOR RELATIONS LAWS, at Text pp. 5-53.)
PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE FROM INTERFERENCE,
RESTRAINT, AND COERCION (Text pp. 79-80)
RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND DISTRIBUTION
REPUBLIC AVIATION (Text pp. 80-84)
LECHMERE (Text pp. 92-102)
PROPOSED NOTICE RE: SECTION 7 RIGHTS (Text. pp. 126-27; 2012
Supplement, at p. 132)
ELECTION PROPAGANDA
GISSEL (Text pp. 132-35)
OTHER FORMS OF INTERFERENCE
EXCHANGE PARTS (Text pp. 158-59)
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LECTURE II
UNION MISCONDUCT (Text pp. 160-64)
COMPANY DOMINATION OR ASSISTANCE TO LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
BERNHARD-ALTMANN (Text pp. 177-79)
NEUTRALITY AGREEMENTS AND DANA (Text pp. 182-84)
DISCRIMINATION THAT DISCOURAGES OR ENCOURAGES UNION
MEMBERSHIP
BUDD (Text pp. 184-86)
MUELLER BRASS (Text pp. 191-99)
DARLINGTON (Text pp. 207-12)
REMEDIES FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
SECTION 10(J) INJUNCTIONS (Text pp. 222-25)
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LECTURE III
SELECTION OF A UNION – THE NLRB REPRESENTATION CASE PROCEDURES
(Text pp. 225-35)
CRITERIA FOR UNIT DETERMINATIONS
SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE, 356 NLRB No. 56 (2014 Supplement, at p. 152)
THE SINGLE LOCATION VERSUS MULTI-LOCATION UNIT (Text pp. 248-51)
MULTIEMPLOYER BARGAINING UNITS (Text pp. 251-54)
BONANNO LINEN (Text pp. 254-60)
SECURING BARGAINING RIGHTS THROUGH UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE
PROCEEDINGS AND AN EMPLOYER’S WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION
(Text pp. 273-74)
GISSEL PACKING (Text pp. 274-86)
LINDEN LUMBER (Text pp. 291-94)
BROOKS (Text pp. 295-97)
ALLENTOWN MACK AND LEVITZ (Text pp. 303-12)
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LECTURE IV
NEGOTIATION OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
(Text pp. 313-15)
THE CONCEPTS OF EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION AND MAJORITY
RULE
J.I. CASE (Text pp. 315-18)
EMPORIUM CAPWELL (Text. pp. 319-27)
DEFINING THE DUTY TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH (Text pp. 337-38)
THE DUTY TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION
TRUITT (Text pp. 348-50)
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LECTURE V
THE DUTY TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH (CONTINUED)
INSURANCE AGENTS (Text pp. 358-64)
KATZ (Text pp. 365-68)
SUBJECTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Text pp. 377-79)
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE (Text pp. 382-87)
BORG-WARNER (Text pp. 387-92)
THE MANDATORY-PERMISSIVE DISTINCTION (Text pp. 393-97)
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LECTURE VI
THE DUTY TO BARGAIN OVER MAJOR BUSINESS DECISIONS
FIBREBOARD (Text pp. 398-405)
FIRST NATIONAL MAINTENANCE (Text pp. 407-18)
DUBUQUE PACKING (Text pp. 419-27)
BARGAINING REMEDIES
H.K. PORTER (Text pp. 446-49)
THE ROLE OF THE STRIKE IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS
(Text pp. 437-42)
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LECTURE VII
EMPLOYER RESPONSES TO THE STRIKE
MACKAY RADIO (Text pp. 504-06)
ERIE RESISTOR (Text pp. 507-11)
AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING (Text pp. 512-20)
GREAT DANE TRAILERS (Text pp. 520-23)
LOCAL 15 IBEW (Text pp. 523-529)
LAIDLAW (Text pp. 529-32)
EMPLOYEE REFUSALS TO CROSS PICKET LINES (Text pp. 536-38)
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKES (Text pp. 544-48)
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LECTURE VIII
PROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY IN THE UNION AND NON-UNION
CONTEXT (Text pp. 460-61)
CITY DISPOSAL (Text pp. 461-471)
WEINGARTEN (Text pp. 472-74)
IBM (Text pp. 474-81)
EASTEX (Text pp. 482-86)
CONCERTED ACTIVITY – CLASS ACTION WAIVERS
D.R. HORTON, 357 NLRB No. 184 (2014 Supplement, at p. 165)
UNPROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY (Text pp. 488-92)
JEFFERSON STANDARD (Text pp. 492-98)
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ELK LUMBER (Text pp. 500-01)
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA (2014 Supplement, at p. 163)
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LECTURE IX
SECONDARY BOYCOTTS (Text pp. 600-02)
DENVER BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES (Text pp. 604-07)
TREE FRUITS (Text pp. 622-30)
SAFECO (Text pp. 631-33)
THE INTERSECTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE ACT’S
SECONDARY BOYCOTT PROVISIONS
DEBARTOLO (Text pp. 557-63)
ELIASON & KNUTH (Text pp. 563-72)
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LECTURE X
ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
THE GRIEVANCE/ARBITRATION PROCEDURE (Text pp. 675-85)
JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS AND THE ARBITRATION PROCESS (Text pp. 685-86)
TEXTILE WORKERS v. LINCOLN MILLS (Text pp. 687-91)
STEELWORKERS v. AMERICAN MFG. CO. (Text pp. 693-95)
STEELWORKERS v. WARRIOR & GULF (Text pp. 695-702)
STEELWORKERS v. ENTERPRISE WHEEL & CAR (Text pp. 713-16)
JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF A “NO STRIKE” CLAUSE IN A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (Text pp. 728-31)
BOYS MARKETS (Text pp. 731-40)
ARBITRATION OF STATUTORY EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
CLAIMS (Text pp. 763-64)
14 PENN PLAZA v. PYETT (Text pp. 764-67)
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LECTURE XI
THE DUTY TO BARGAIN DURING THE TERM OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT (Text pp. 782-83)
JACOBS MANUFACTURING (Text pp. 783-90)
JOHNSON-BATEMAN (Text pp. 790-95)
MILWAUKEE SPRING (Text pp. 798-803)
SUCCESSOR EMPLOYERS AND THE DUTY TO BARGAIN
BURNS (Text pp. 809-12)
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LECTURE XII
PREEMPTION OF STATE LABOR LAW (Text pp. 873-78)
SAN DIEGO BUILDING TRADES v. GARMON (Text pp. 878-82)
LOCKRIDGE (Text pp. 883-85)
FARMER (Text pp. 885-92)
MACHINISTS (Text pp. 895-902)
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. BROWN (Text pp. 902-07)
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LECTURE XIII
THE UNION’S DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION (Text pp. 954-57)
ALPA v. O’NEILL (Text pp. 962-68)
VACA v. SIPES (Text pp. 972-81)
UNION SECURITY AND THE USE OF UNION DUES
NLRB v. GENERAL MOTORS (Text pp. 1001-05)
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS v. BECK (Text pp. 1015-16)
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If time remains in this class, we will use it to address student questions and suggestions, especially regarding: a) The significance of recent labor law developments b) The future of the NLRA and collective bargaining
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