Labor Law: Constitutional Law: National Labor Relations Act: Right of Employer to Disparage Labor Unions and to Advise His Employees against Joining Them
Cornell Law Library Prize for Exemplary Student Research PapersKara Goad’s research examines the forms and terms of labor that incarcerated workers perform in American prisons, seeking to demonstrate that labor law could provide potential remedies for work-related grievances.Goad’s research includes traditional statutory and case law analysis along with examinations of prison statistics, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and other administrative law materials relating to prisons and labor law. She uses her findings lay out a path for incarcerated workers to potentially unionize under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Columbia University and Incarcerated Worker Labor Unions Under the National Labor Relations Act