The Geography of US Union Elections 3: The Context and Structure of Union Electoral Performance (the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union and the United Auto Workers Union, 1970–82)

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Clark ◽  
K Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Local Discretion ◽  
Electoral Performance

This paper is an extension of previous research on the geography of union elections. A model of union organization is proposed, relevant to the institutional and political structure of US labor legislation. Implications are drawn for unions' organizing strategies, and their likely electoral performance at the local level. It is argued that the structural imperatives faced by unions are inherently incomplete; local discretion is built-in to the structure of labor relations. Alternative empirical forms of the proposed model are considered and the advantages of a probit methodology discussed. Empirical analysis is based upon representation elections involving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union and the United Auto Workers union over the period 1970–82. To illustrate the implications of the derived empirical results, a series of scenarios are discussed involving both unions and their possible options for organizing at the local level.

The Geography of US Union Elections 4: Patterns of Close Elections and Determinants of the Margins of Victory and Loss (the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union and the United Auto Workers Union, 1970–82)

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Clark ◽  
K Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
National Labor Relations Board ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Union Representation ◽  
Electoral Performance

Patterns of close union representation elections and the determinants of the margins of victory and loss are the topics of this paper. The importance of close elections for management, unions, and the National Labor Relations Board is emphasized. Likely union and management strategies for contesting close elections are noted, as is the significance of these elections in relation to the changing political and institutional environment of US labor relations. Empirically, a set of structural and contextual variables are used to discriminate between close and nonclose elections. The determinants of close elections are analyzed through a set of regression models, using as dependent variables the margins of victory and loss. Data on close elections are developed from the electoral performance of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union and the United Auto Workers union over the period 1970–82. Implications of these results are considered for the role of the National Labor Relations Board and the effectiveness of management consultants in union representation campaigns.

The Geography of US Union Elections 5: Reconceptualizing the Theory of Industrial Unionism

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 719-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Clark ◽  
K Johnston
Keyword(s):  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Temporal Diversity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Electoral Performance ◽  
New Framework

In this paper an argument is put for a reconceptualization of the theory of US industrial unionism. It reflects lessons learnt about the patterns and determinants of the electoral performance of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union and the United Auto Workers union over the period 1970–82. Empirically, the spatial and temporal diversity of unions' electoral performance is emphasized. Theoretically, it is suggested that unions' performances in representation elections are the product of a complex array of processes and their interrelationships. Diversity of patterns and complexity of processes makes forecasting the future of industrial unionism a risky project. Also considered are competing theories of unionism and the methodologies for analyzing union electoral performance. Based on these observations, a case is made for the necessity of a ‘new’ framework for understanding the geography of US unionism.

scholarly journals Uniting Academic Workers: Graduate Workers Organize with the United Auto Workers

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 164-173
Author(s):  
Lindsey Dayton ◽  
Rudi Batzell
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
National Labor Relations Board ◽  
Private Colleges And Universities ◽  
Research Assistants

On Friday December 9, 2016, Columbia teaching and research assistants elected the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers (GWC-UAW) Local 2110 as their union with 1602 yes and 623 no votes. On December 22, a preliminary count for the Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW was not conclusive, with 314 challenge ballots exceeding the margin between 1,272 yes and 1,456 no votes. Both elections were possible because the National Labor Relations Board, ruling on a suit brought by Columbia students, overturned a 2004 decision that prohibited the formation of graduate unions in private colleges and universities.

The Geography of US Union Elections 2: Performance of the United Auto Workers Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union, 1970–82

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Clark ◽  
K Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Subsequent Paper ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
Electoral Performance

This paper is an extension of previous work on the geography of US union elections. It is largely an exercise in description. The issue here concerns the electoral performance of two unions, the United Auto Workers union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union, over the period 1970–82. Relevant descriptive variables include location, scale, sector, state right-to-work legislation, and local economic variables. Two arguments are advanced. First, there are parallels between the electoral performance of US unions, and the partisan political process. Forces of electoral fragmentation evident in the partisan political process are mediated, however, by institutional factors relating to the organizing strategies of unions. Second, it is observed that there are significant differences between the unions, especially with respect to the patterns of their electoral successes and failures. These patterns, and their associations with local economic factors, are illustrated through a series of multivariate analyses of variance. Definitive tests of hypothesized causal relationships are left to a subsequent paper.

Traversing Arab and American Spaces

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela E. Pennock
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Community Center ◽  
Arab American ◽  
Political Consciousness ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
Workplace Justice ◽  
The Creation

The chapter explores how a transnational Arab American political consciousness played out on the local level in a series of inter-related developments in Dearborn, Michigan, starting with a movement to fight the city’s plans to destroy a working-class, immigrant neighborhood called the Southend, the creation of ACCESS, an Arab American community center, and a movement to protest the United Auto Workers’ investments in Israeli bonds. Tied to these activities was the activism of the Arab Workers Caucus that combined struggles for workplace justice and justice for Palestine.

Features of labor relations in quarantine conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Lesja Kosmii
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Personnel Decisions ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Work Method

Goal. The purpose of this work is to analyze the norms of the current labor legislation regarding the regulation of the relations between the employee and the employer in the introduction of any restrictions and anti-epidemic measures in the conditions of national quarantine and prevention in such conditions of violations of labor rights of employees. It is important that during the course of the COVID-19 coronary pandemic measures, they were not only effective but also violated human rights, including work. Method. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and generalization of available scientific and theoretical material, experience of foreign countries and formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. During the research the following methods of scientific knowledge were used: terminological, comparative, functional, system-structural, logical-normative. Results. During the research it was found that the Ukrainian legislature, including foreign experience, was able to respond promptly to the quarantine situation by adopting anti-crisis laws, which did not neglect labor legislation. This is understandable, because in connection with the announcement of quarantine in the whole territory of Ukraine, employers had to make personnel decisions, and the current legislative framework did not clearly regulate the issues that arose. Scientific novelty. The study found that the updating of labor legislation in the area of labor relations regulation during the national quarantine period allows the employer to use certain forms of labor organization, in which the basic labor rights and guarantees of employees can be preserved. Practical importance. The results of the study can be used in law-making and law enforcement activities, as well as by employers in regulating labor relations with employees during the quarantine period.

Historical Foundations of Development of the Institution of Employment Contract

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Yuliya Chernenilova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article describes the periods of development of the legal institution of employment contract in Russia. The characteristic features for each of them are defined. The first period was the longest and was marked by develogment of the contract of personal employment as the origin of the modern institution of employment contract. In the second period, the contract of personal employment represented the institution of civil law, and later became the subject of study of the civil law science. At that time the industrial law of the country was forming. A distinctive feature of the third period was the adoption of codified acts, as well as differentiation in the legal regulation of labor relations of temporary and seasonal workers. The fourth period is characterized by changes in state-legal methods of economic management. With the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation labor legislation was assigned to the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its subjects. It is concluded that the adoption of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation necessitates a more accurate study of the problems arising in the application of specific rules of law governing the peculiarities of labor of certain categories of workers (for example, labor relations with persons with disabilities are not yet perfect because of the youth of the labor law), conflict of laws issues arising in practice, contradictions that occur in a huge array of legal documents not only in labor law, but also in other branches of law.

Merging Traffic

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Slobin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
United Auto Workers ◽  
Folk Revival ◽  
Auto Workers ◽  
The Media ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Special Case

This chapter surveys the institutions and movements that brought together the city’s musical life with the aim of merging disparate styles, trends, and personnel. First comes the auto industry, based on archival sources from Ford and General Motors that show how the companies deployed music for worker morale and company promotion. The complementary work of labor follows, through the United Auto Workers’ songs. Next comes the counterculture’s musical moment in the age of the folk revival and the artist collectives of the 1950s–1960s. Motown offers a special case of African American entrepreneurial merging of musical talent and style. The chapter closes with a look at the media—radio and newspapers—with their influential role in bringing audiences together, through music, in a city known for segregation, oppressive policing, and occasional outbursts of violence.

UNITY AND DIFFERENTIATION OF LEGAL REGULATION OF LABOR RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Mohilevskyi ◽  
◽  
Olha Sіevidova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Definition Of

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Ukraine plays a major role in the protection of human rights and freedom, of general interests of the society and the country, and in the strengthening of law and order, thus facilitating the establishment and development of the democratic constitutional state. The effectiveness of performing the duties put onto the prosecution of Ukraine is directly dependent on the prosecutor's offices' employees that are empowered to fulfill their professional responsibilities. The legal status of an employee of a prosecutor's office is specified in the Law of Ukraine “On Public Prosecutor’s Office”. Although, some aspects of these employees' work activity are normalised in the general labor law. This expresses the principle of unity and differentiation of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor relations. This article researches theoretical approaches to the definition of the concepts "unity" and "differentiation". The unity of the legal regulation of labor relations is manifested in the legally established equality of all employees. Differentiation is not opposed to the principle of unity, but takes into account the characteristics of different categories of workers and working conditions to ensure equality. The relationship between the general labor law and the special law on the prosecutor's office regarding the adjustment of the labor rights of the employees of Ukraine's prosecutor's offices had been analysed. The key to effective legal regulation of labor rights of employees of the prosecutor's office of Ukraine is compliance with unity and differentiation. It had been determined that the differentiation of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor rights determines the mandatory and priority application of the special legislation norms. In turn, the unity of the legal regulation of prosecutor's office's employee's labor rights determines the subsidiary usage of labor legislation norms in cases of an employee's individual labor rights not being determined in the special law on Public Prosecutor's Office. Unification of labor law norms governing the labor activity of this category of workers will make it possible to achieve an optimal balance of unity and differentiation.

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