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An authoritative guide to labor law in the private sector -- written from a union perspective.

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• Preface(p. xiii)
• About the Fourth Edition(p. xv)
• Explanation of Legal Case and Statutory Citations(p. xvii)
• About the Author(p. xix)
• Chapter 1 Federal Regulation of Labor-Management Relations: A Statutory and Structural Overview(p. 1)
• Part I The Historical Development of the Labor Management Relations Act(p. 1)
• A. Collective Bargaining before the Statutory Era(p. 1)
• B. The Railway Labor Act(p. 3)
• C. The Norris-LaGuardia Act(p. 3)
• D. The National Labor Relations Act(p. 3)
• E. The Taft-Hartley Act (The Labor Management Relations Act)(p. 4)
• F. The Landrum-Griffin Act(p. 4)
• G. The Postal Reorganization Act(p. 5)
• H. The Health Care Amendments(p. 5)
• I. The Religious Belief Exemption(p. 5)
• Part II An Overview of the Labor Management Relations Act in Current Form(p. 5)
• A. Basic Structure and Definitions: Sections 1 Through 6(p. 5)
• B. Sections 7 and 8: The Unfair Labor Practice Sections(p. 6)
• C. Section 9: Election Procedures(p. 6)
• D. Section 10: Enforcement of the Unfair Labor Practice Provisions(p. 7)
• E. Protection of the Right to Strike: Section 13(p. 7)
• F. Titles II and III of the Act(p. 8)
• Part III Structure and Procedure of the National Labor Relations Board(p. 8)
• A. The National Labor Relations Board and the General Counsel(p. 9)
• B. The Regional Offices(p. 9)
• C. Jurisdiction of the NLRB(p. 12)
• D. Processing an Unfair Labor Practice Charge(p. 14)
• E. Procedure in Representation Cases(p. 26)
• F. Consolidated Unfair Labor Practice and Representation Proceedings(p. 36)
• G. Other Agencies Administering Labor Law(p. 36)
• Chapter 2 The Collective Bargaining Unit and Representation Elections(p. 43)
• A. Determining the Appropriate Bargaining Unit(p. 43)
• B. Exclusion of Employees from the Bargaining Unit(p. 56)
• C. Election Timing and Procedures(p. 67)
• D. Voter Eligibility(p. 74)
• E. Collective Bargaining Units under the Railway Labor Act(p. 78)
• Chapter 3 Union Organizing Rights and Election Campaigns(p. 91)
• A. Obtaining Recognition Cards(p. 91)
• B. Union Solicitation and Distribution of Campaign Literature(p. 94)
• C. Employer Anti-Union Speeches on Company Time(p. 102)
• D. Free Union Membership as a Campaign Technique(p. 103)
• E. Incentives to Attend Campaign Meetings, Gifts, or Other Financial Assistance to Supporters or Potential Voters(p. 104)
• F. Board Regulation of Campaign Statements(p. 107)
• G. Benefit or Payroll Practice Changes during an Election Campaign(p. 113)
• H. Employer Discrimination during an Election Campaign(p. 113)
• I. Interrogation, Surveillance, and the Impression of Surveillance(p. 114)
• J. Union or Employee Misconduct(p. 117)
• K. Conduct of Outside Parties(p. 118)
• L. Election Procedure and Conduct during the Election(p. 119)
• M. Procedures for Challenging an Election(p. 121)
• N. Remedies for Employer Unfair Labor Practices: The Bargaining Order(p. 121)
• O. Organizing Rights under the Railway Labor Act(p. 126)
• Chapter 4 Protection of the Employee's Right to Union Representation(p. 141)
• A. The Doctrine of Exclusive Representation(p. 142)
• B. Employer Domination or Interference with a Union(p. 143)
• C. Protection of the Right of Concerted Activity(p. 153)
• D. Discrimination as to Hire, Tenure, or Terms and Conditions of Employment(p. 165)
• E. Protection for Testifying in Board Proceedings(p. 176)
• F. Protection of Employee Rights under the Railway Labor Act(p. 176)
• Chapter 5 The Duty to Bargain(p. 191)
• A. Inception and Duration of the Bargaining Obligation(p. 191)
• B. The Negotiation Process(p. 201)
• C. Subjects for Bargaining(p. 208)
• D. The Employer's Duty to Bargain before Changing Conditions of Employment(p. 212)
• E. The Duty to Provide Information for Bargaining(p. 227)
• F. The Bargaining Duty of Successor Employers(p. 232)
• G. The Bargaining Obligation of Alter-Ego and Double-Breasted Employers(p. 235)
• H. The Duty to Bargain and Successor Unions(p. 237)
• I. Time Limits and Remedies in Refusal-to-Bargain Cases(p. 238)
• J. The Duty to Bargain under the Railway Labor Act(p. 240)
• Chapter 6 Strikes, Striker Rights, and Lockouts(p. 261)
• A. Statutory Protection of the Right to Strike(p. 261)
• B. Economic versus Unfair Labor Practice Strikes(p. 263)
• C. Loss of Recall or Reinstatement Rights(p. 269)
• D. Discrimination against Strikers(p. 272)
• E. Right to Pay While on Strike(p. 275)
• F. Strike Settlement Agreements(p. 275)
• G. Sympathy Strikers(p. 276)
• H. Contractual Restrictions on the Right to Strike(p. 278)
• I. Exceptions to No-Strike Clauses(p. 281)
• J. Lockouts(p. 284)
• K. Strikes under the Railway Labor Act(p. 285)
• Chapter 7 Picketing, Boycotts, and Related Activity(p. 296)
• A. An Overview of Section 8(b)(4)(p. 296)
• B. The Primary/Secondary Picketing Distinction(p. 297)
• C. Common Situs Picketing(p. 300)
• D. Reserved Gates--The Moore Dry Dock Standards(p. 301)
• E. Secondary Employers at the Primary Situs: The General Electric Rules(p. 308)
• F. Publicity Campaigns and Product Picketing(p. 310)
• G. The Ally Doctrine(p. 316)
• H. Substandard Wages Picketing(p. 318)
• I. Organizational and Recognitional Picketing(p. 318)
• J. Picketing or Handbilling on Private Property or of a Private Residence(p. 323)
• K. Remedies for Section 8(b)(4) and 8(b)(7) Violations(p. 326)
• L. Special Requirements for Primary Picketing or Strikes in the Health Care Industry(p. 328)
• M. The Corporate Campaign(p. 328)
• N. Secondary Activity under the Railway Labor Act(p. 331)
• Chapter 8 Union Regulation of Work and the Antitrust Laws: Hot Cargo Agreements, Jurisdictional Disputes, and the Featherbedding(p. 342)
• Part I Hot Cargo Clauses(p. 342)
• A. The Purpose and General Coverage of Section 8(e)(p. 342)
• B. The Application of Section 8(e) to Picket Line, Subcontracting, and Successorship Clauses(p. 343)
• Part II Work Assignment Disputes(p. 357)
• A. Voluntary Agreements to Resolve Jurisdictional Disputes(p. 357)
• B. Coercive Activity to Trigger a Section 10(k) Proceeding(p. 358)
• C. The Need for Two Competing Employee Group Claims(p. 359)
• D. Factors Used in Assigning Disputed Work(p. 361)
• E. The Critical Importance of the Employer's Assignment(p. 361)
• Part III Featherbedding(p. 362)
• A. Requiring Unnecessary Work(p. 362)
• B. Employees' Willingness to Do Unnecessary Work(p. 363)
• Part IV Unions and the Antitrust Laws(p. 363)
• A. The Sherman Antitrust Act(p. 363)
• B. The Clayton Act(p. 364)
• C. The Norris-LaGuardia Act(p. 364)
• D. The Current Basic Rule: Unions Acting Alone in Their Own Self-Interest(p. 365)
• E. Multi-Employer Agreements and the Antitrust Laws (The Pennington and Jewel Tea Decisions)(p. 366)
• F. The Public Policy Exemption for Agreements Arising out of a Collective Bargaining Relationship (The Connell Construction and Pro Football, Inc. Cases)(p. 367)
• G. Market Recovery and Job Targeting Programs under the Antitrust Laws(p. 370)
• Chapter 9 Enforcement of Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Duty to Arbitrate(p. 381)
• A. Union and Employee Rights to File Section 301 Action(p. 382)
• B. Jurisdictional and Procedural Requirements of a Section 301 Suit(p. 382)
• C. Enforcement of Agreements to Arbitrate and Arbitration Awards: The "Steelworkers Trilogy"(p. 384)
• D. Procedural Defenses to Arbitration(p. 393)
• E. Expiration of the Duty to Arbitrate(p. 394)
• F. Employer's Duty to Grieve over a Union Breach of Contract(p. 397)
• G. Tripartite Arbitration(p. 397)
• H. Arbitration of Successorship Rights(p. 398)
• I. Injunctions Pending Arbitration(p. 399)
• J. Interest Arbitration(p. 400)
• K. Procedures for Determining Arbitrability and Time Limits on Suits to Compel Arbitration, to Enforce an Award, or to Vacate an Award(p. 401)
• L. Arbitration and the NLRB(p. 403)
• M. Enforcement of Collective Bargaining Agreements under the Railway Labor Act(p. 408)
• Chapter 10 Union Membership and Union Security(p. 421)
• A. The Union as an Unincorporated Association(p. 421)
• B. The Contractual Relationship between a Union and its Members(p. 423)
• C. The Right to Union Membership(p. 424)
• D. Required Union "Membership"(p. 424)
• E. Resignation from the Union(p. 446)
• F. Right-to-Work Laws(p. 448)
• G. Contractual Checkoff Provisions(p. 448)
• H. Hiring Halls(p. 450)
• Chapter 11 Rights and Responsibilities of Union Members(p. 463)
• A. Coverage of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act(p. 463)
• B. Equal Rights for Union Members (LMRDA Section 101(a)(1))(p. 465)
• C. The Member's Right of Free Speech (LMRDA Section 101(a)(2))(p. 467)
• D. Dues Increases (LMRDA Section 101(a)(3))(p. 471)
• E. Election Procedures: Title I versus Title IV(p. 471)
• F. Union Disciplinary Authority over its Members(p. 473)
• G. Required Procedures for Imposing Internal Discipline (LMRDA Section 101(a)(5))(p. 478)
• H. Control over the Amount of Union Fines of Members(p. 479)
• I. Membership Suits against Unions: The Exhaustion Requirement (LMRDA Sections 101(a)(4) and 102)(p. 480)
• Chapter 12 The Duty of Fair Representation(p. 491)
• A. The Development of the Fair Representation Doctrine(p. 491)
• B. Union Discretion to Arbitrate(p. 492)
• C. Perfunctory Processing as a Violation of Fair Representation: The Hines Decision(p. 493)
• D. Union Negligence as a Violation of Fair Representation(p. 495)
• E. Applications of the Fair Representation Doctrine(p. 496)
• F. Remedies for a Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation(p. 499)
• Chapter 13 Equal Employment Opportunity(p. 509)
• A. An Overview of Title VII(p. 509)
• B. The Basic Categories of Unlawful Discrimination: Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact(p. 512)
• C. Sex Discrimination(p. 521)
• D. Religious Discrimination(p. 529)
• E. Age Discrimination(p. 531)
• F. The Americans with Disabilities Act(p. 534)
• G. The Family and Medical Leave Act(p. 537)
• H. Other Remedies against Employment Discrimination: The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 (42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1983)(p. 540)
• I. Reverse Discrimination and Voluntary Affirmative Action Programs(p. 542)
• J. Enforcing Rights Protected under the Civil Rights Acts(p. 545)
• K. Remedies for Civil Rights Violations(p. 551)
• L. The Role of Arbitration in Eliminating Discrimination(p. 558)
• M. The NLRB's Role in Eliminating Discrimination(p. 561)
• Chapter 14 Federal-State Relationships in Labor Relations(p. 580)
• A. The Preemption Doctrine(p. 580)
• B. Federal Court Exceptions to the Board's Primary Jurisdiction(p. 583)
• C. State Court Exceptions to the Preemption Doctrine(p. 584)
• D. Preemption of Conduct Not Regulated by Federal Law(p. 585)
• E. Employers Not Subject to the Board's Jurisdiction(p. 587)
• F. Sections 301, 303, and Federal Antitrust Preemption of State Regulation(p. 587)
• G. Preemption of Employee Civil Suits by the Grievance Procedure(p. 588)
• H. Retaliatory Lawsuits(p. 590)
• Answers to Review Questions(p. 597)
• Statutory Appendices(p. 615)
• Index(p. 643)

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St. Louis labor attorney Bruce S. Feldacker holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and an LL.M (labor law) from Georgetown University. In addition to his law practice, he also serves as a mediator in employment law disputes. He is a past chair of the Labor Law Section, St. Louis Bar Association and of the Advisory Board of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. Mr. Feldacker also serves as an adjunct instructor at St. Louis University Law School, the University of Missouri Labor Education Center, and the George Meany Labor Studies Center/National Labor College