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Employee Representatives in France : Employers’ Perceptions and Expectations Towards Improved Industrial Relations

Colson, Aurélien; Elgoibar, Patricia; Marchi, Francesco - 2014

French Abstract: Dans sa première partie, cet article rappelle le contexte historique, juridique, politique et culturel qui a façonné, jusqu’à ce jour, la tradition française de dialogue social. À partir des résultats d’une enquête quantitative en ligne et d’une série...

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Why is Labour External to Anglo-American Corporate Governance?

Moore, Marc T. - 2014

This paper reconsiders the orthodox Anglo-American understanding of labour as a constituency situated outside of the core corporate governance domain. It challenges the dominant neo-classical theory of the firm, which asserts that shareholders are in general the only group of ‘incomplete’...

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ALT-Labor, Secondary Boycotts, and Toward a Labor Organization Bargain

Duff, Michael C. - 2014

Recently, workers led by non-union labor advocacy groups, popularly labelled “ALT-Labor,” have been staging strikes and other job actions across the low wage economy. Some observers see this activity as the harbinger of a reinvigorated labor movement or, more generally, as audacious dissent...

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The Effect of Compulsory Certification Votes on Certification Applications in Ontario : An Empirical Analysis

Slinn, Sara J. - 2010

Labour legislation was amended to require that a union applying to certify a group of employees must obtain at least 50% of the ballots in a mandatory representation vote. These amendments eliminated the card-based certification system that had prevailed until this time, under which a...

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An Analysis of the Effects on Parties' Unionization Decisions of the Choice of Union Representation Procedure : The Strategic Dynamic Certification Model

Slinn, Sara J. - 2011

This article proposes a new theoretical framework - the strategic dynamic certification model - to explain how union certification processes operate. Statutory certification procedures are not neutral. Instead, they produce particular incentives, disincentives, and opportunities for employers,...

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The American Experience with Exclusive Representation : Implications for the Issue of Plural Unionism in South Korea

Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth Glenn; Vann, Ryan Hamilton - 2013

determine employee representation through exclusive representation or plural unionism is a one that touches on both of these … representation and one based on plural unionism. We undertake this examination by presenting the American law and experience with … respect to exclusive representation, and discussing the relevance of that experience to the question of plural unionism. In …

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Political Spillovers of Workplace Democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Le, Thi - 2022

While works councils provide a highly developed mechanism to promote workplace democracy, research on their consequences has been dominated by economic aspects. This study brings a new perspective to the understanding of works councils by examining their influence on workers political behavior....

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How the NLRB's Light Still Shines on Anti-Discrimination Law Fifty Years After Title VII

Green, Michael Z. - 2014

As the passage of Title VII approaches its fiftieth anniversary, this Article explores what may be thought of as the unlikely impact of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) on anti-discrimination law principles used to protect employees. How an agency charged with enforcing labor...

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Employees, Employers, and Quasi-Employers : An Analysis of Employees and Employers Who Operate in the Borderland between an Employer-and-Employee Relationship

Rubinstein, Mitchell H. - 2013

In most cases, coverage under our nation’s employment laws boils down to the question of whether or not the individuals in question are “employees” and whether or not the entity in question is an “employer.” Significantly, however, in a growing number of cases, where employer status is...

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Strike Rights of Essential Employees in the U.S.A

Slater, Joseph E. - 2018

It addresses the strike rights of employees in essential services in the United States of America. Unlike at least most European countries, U.S. laws do not define ‘essential services’ for the purpose of strike rights, and generally such laws do not follow the rules the International Labour...

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