Assignment:
1. a. Can an employer lawfully discharge a group of employees who walk out in protest of working conditions?
b. Would it matter if the collective-bargaining agreement contains a no-strike clause? Explain.
2. What steps can an employer lawfully take to provide the labor necessary to keep a plant operative during a strike?
3. During a strike resulting from failure to reach a collective-bargaining agreement, Pan American Grain laid off 15 striking workers, citing changing labor needs "due to economic reasons and as a result of a substantial decrease in production and sales." Where labor costs are one of the multiple motives for a layoff, does the employer have a duty to bargain with the union over the decision to impose a layoff? Explain. See Pan American Grain v. NLRB , 558 F.3d 22 (1st Cir. 2009).
4. Should a union be able to access Department of Motor Vehicles records to find employees' residential addresses so union organizers can visit employees at home for organizing purposes? Explain. See Pichler v. UNITE , 585 F.3d 741 (3rd Cir. 2009).