Raymond L Hogler, The End of American Labor Unions: The Right-to-Work Movement and the Erosion of Collective Bargaining

Discussions of the current state of American labor have overlooked the fact that the strike, a principal form of union and working class power, has virtually disappeared from American life. The rise of an anti-union institutional legal regime has undermined the right to strike and effectively reversed the structure of incentives for collective bargaining envisioned under the National Labor Relations Act. The dynamics of the current regime are illustrated by one of the largest and longest strikes of recent decades, the 1995 Detroit Newspapers strike. The consequences go beyond unionized labor and constitute a de-democratization of workplace governance in the United States.

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Addressing the “Union Problem” during the Great Recession: State Approaches to Reforming Collective Bargaining

Labor Studies Journal ◽

10.1177/0160449x18783520 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 236-261

Author(s):

Magic M. Wade

Keyword(s):

Collective Bargaining ◽

Great Recession ◽

Labor Relations ◽

Organized Labor ◽

Partisan Politics ◽

State Governments ◽

Political Opportunity ◽

The Great Recession ◽

Right To Work ◽

The Right

Conventional narratives suggest that during the Great Recession, Republican-controlled state governments seized a political opportunity to de-unionize labor strongholds by enacting sweeping right-to-work laws. However, I contend that two distinct reform approaches were pursued during the recession. One type aimed to restrict the ability of unions to organize and maintain membership (the “right-to-work” approach), while the other sought to constrain collective bargaining without hampering union organizing. My analysis of 2,545 labor relations bills introduced across the U.S. States from 2007 to 2014 confirms the existence of two broad models of reform, each with differing implications for organized labor and partisan politics.

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Labor Unions, Adjuncts, and the Mission and Identity of Catholic Universities

Horizons ◽

10.1017/hor.2015.46 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 1-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gerald J. Beyer

Keyword(s):

Collective Bargaining ◽

Labor Unions ◽

Labor Relations ◽

Catholic Social Teaching ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Religious Liberty ◽

Social Teaching ◽

National Labor Relations Act ◽

Catholic Universities ◽

The Right

Catholic social teaching (CST) has long endorsed the right of all workers to unionize. However, many US Catholics exhibit an antiunion bias. In addition, Catholic institutions have engaged in union busting, thereby flouting CST. Focusing on the recent efforts of adjuncts to unionize at Catholic universities, this article argues that union busting jeopardizes the faith and conscience formation of students and undermines the evangelizing mission of Catholic universities. The article debunks the appeal to religious liberty by Catholic institutions to circumvent the National Labor Relations Board's injunctions to allow adjuncts to unionize. It also refutes the argument that the National Labor Relations Act imposes a style of collective bargaining contrary to the harmonious vision of labor relations in CST. Succinctly stated, the article contends there is no legitimate reason for Catholic universities to thwart the unionization efforts of adjuncts, particularly given the systematically unjust work conditions many of them face.

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Tourism as a Tool for the Fulfilment of the Rights to Rest and Leisure Enshrined in Article No. 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

europa ethnica ◽

10.24989/0014-2492-2019-34-180 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 76 (3-4) ◽

pp. 180-188

Author(s):

Bianca Nicla Romano

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Legal System ◽

Universal Declaration ◽

Title V ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Real Right ◽

Right To Work ◽

The Individual ◽

The Right ◽

Italian Constitution

Art. 24 of the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights recognises and protects the right of the individual to rest and leisure. This right has to be fully exercised without negative consequences on the right to work and the remuneration. Tourism can be considered one of the best ways of rest and leisure because it allows to enrich the personality of the individual. Even after the reform of the Title V this area is no longer covered by the Italian Constitution, the Italian legal system protects and guarantees it as a real right, so as to get to recognize its existence and the consequent compensation of the so-called “ruined holiday damage”. This kind of damage has not a patrimonial nature, but a moral one, and the Tourist-Traveler can claim for it when he has not been able to fully enjoy his holiday - the essential fulcrum of tourism - intended as an opportunity for leisure and/or rest, essential rights of the individual.

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