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Labor Law
An area of the law that deals with the rights of employers, employees, and labor organizations.U.S. labor law covers all facets of the legal relationship between employers, employees, and employee LABOR UNIONS. Employers' opposition to recognizing employees' rights to organize and bargain collectively with management has resulted in a system of primarily federal laws and regulations that is adversarial in nature. Modern labor law dates from the passage of the WAGNER ACT of 1935, also known as the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 151 et seq.). Congress has passed two major revisions of this act: the TAFT-HARTLEY ACT of 1947, also known as the LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 141 et seq.), and the LANDRUM-GRIFFIN ACT of 1959, also known as the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 401 et seq.).The railroad and airline industries are governed by the Federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq.), originally passed in 1926 and substantially amended in 1934. Federal employees are covered by the separate Federal Service Labor Management and Employee Relation Act (5 U.S.C.A. §§ 7101 et seq.). Labor law is also made by the NATIO...See the full content of this document
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- U.S. Supreme Court - American Ship Building Co. v. NLRB, 380 U.S. 300 (1965)
- U.S. Supreme Court - Thornhill v. Alabama, 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit - Local 702, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-Cio, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent Central Illinois Public Service Company, Intervenor International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 148, Afl-Cio, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent Central Illinois Public Service Company, Intervenor
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