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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), in 1992 changed how nonunion employees and managers could gather and organize employee committees with the case Electromation, Inc. vs NLRB. With this act organizations must be careful with creating employee committees that could otherwise be deemed unlawful. They must avoid allowing any of the management team to direct or influence the work of the committee, as well as members of the committee are not allowed to give the impression that they represent the views of their fellow coworkers. Both of these examples took place in the Electromation, Inc. vx NLRB case and are now considered infringements on the NLRA and are deemed unlawful. This act forced managers and employees to either forgo employee and…
If a union is not adhering the law the strike can be charged as illegal and the participants are subject to discipline. The employer can request the board for cease immediately and if the orders are disobeyed, court injunction can occur. The breech of court orders can result in fines and jail sentences and employers can also sue the individuals or unions for the damages. The union leaders can be charged and held responsible for the consequences of the strike. Considering the differences of legal and illegal strike, as defined above by law, it can be argued that legal strikes and illegal strikes are dramatically different in terms of how they are viewed in Labour Law.…
. . and employers” by “encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining” and by “protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives.”1 The basic tenants of national policy may be restated in terms of a series of commands directed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) and the courts. These may be stated as follows: 1. Promote and protect the right of workers to organize for the purposes of collective bargaining. 2. Prevent employers from using their economic power to inhibit free choice by workers. 3. Leave the parties free to negotiate their own agreements. 4. Recognize and protect the right to strike.” (Getman, 2015,…