LER401: The Law of Labor-Management Relations. Complete Study and Class Notes (30 Pages)

Company Unions, Section 8(a)(2), Employee Engagement Programs, and Electromation Recalling “Company Unions” (“CU’s”) How NLRA Has Regarded “CU” from 1935 to Today NLRA’s WORDS Outlawing CU’s: By Mid-1970’s, US Economy Began To See German and Japanese Firms as Serious Competitors What Wagner wanted was for NLRA to: 1) ABOLISH CU’s; and 2) require lawful unions to be INDEPENDENT of firm, but perfectly free to be constructive, participative, w/ firm. Germany: Co-Determination = Worker Reps on Co. B of Dirs Japan: Great success in manufacturing (cars, electronics). For ex., Japan took growing share of US market. Its key strength? QUALITY. “Quality circles,” employee engagement; just-in-time inventory, etc. Curiously, quality movement had originated in U.S. (via Edward Deming and others), but foreign firms were first to adopt it wholeheartedly. Then it came back to US shores By Early 80’s, US Firms Instituted Quality Programs, Employee Involvement/Engagement By Early 80’s, US Firms Instituted Quality Programs, Employee Involvement/Engagement Electromation – How Case Got Decided abor organization to be: ”…any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in wh Drilling Down on Definition of “LO:” Prong 2’s Four Critical Elements Electromation firm clearly caused the formation of “Action Committees,” dictated how they’d be administered; “Dunlop Commission”’s Proposed To Amend NLRA in Two Ways: Idea Went Nowhere