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When Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer, the prognosis was not good. Sarah underwent surgery and a chemotherapy regimen that physically depleted her.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) hired Francis Harvey & Sons as a general contractor.
If you were the employer in a similar situation, and had read this case, what would you do when your employees wanted to unionize?
Do you think it is fair that employees striking because of an unfair labor practice are entitled to reinstatement? Explain.
Do you agree that the Court should not look into the substance of complaints about the union’s duty of fair representation?
The union believed management should have negotiated these issues with them. The court agreed.
A lower court found a group of seven shoemakers who belonged to a union guilty of conspiracy because they refused to work.
C. Tyler Williams Co. set up a committee called the Employee-Owners’ Influence Council (EOIC). All employees were encouraged to become members.
The union strikes the employer in an effort to receive higher wages. The employer brings in workers to replace the striking employees.
During contract negotiations, employer and union exchange information on the union’s proposal for pay raises. The employer rejects the proposal.
The employer engaged in the practice of photographing an employee engaged in picket line activity.
An employer was hiring employees after a strike. On employment applications, employer asked potential employees whether they belonged to a union.
Is there an inherent imbalance between the relative positions of labor and management making a lockout more pressure-laden than a strike?
Do you agree with the court’s decision about where the Redskins’ main place of business is? located Explain.
Several members of a bargaining unit objected to the way their service fee funds were used, even though they were not members of the union.
Given the court’s language about the perils of terminating the air traffic controllers, why do you think President Reagan did so?
In its employee handbook, an employer stated that it would do “ everything possible to maintain the company’s union-free status for the benefit.
When the employee was disciplined for refusing to take the truck, he alleged that he was engaged in “concerted activity.”
Bloom was hired to perform clerical work for Group Health Incorporated Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 12.
Unethical conduct is not necessarily illegal conduct; however, the difference between ethical and unethical conduct can be difficult to spot.
How can an employer appropriately accommodate a disabled worker who does not know when her or his disability with require an absence?
Does this case represent a clear win for the employer? What guidance would you give an employer after the holding in this case?
The employee, Cassidy, began suffering allergic reactions to workplace substances after exposure to “stack gas.”
Can a government employee state a claim for a violation of the constitutional right to privacy when she was required.
A homosexual employee files a claim for invasion of privacy against his employer who shared with co-workers the fact that the employee’s.