Business Law with UCC Applications,13e Labor Law Chapter 24 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

24-2 Learning Objectives 1.Relate the historical context in which unions developed. 2.Outline the congressional–judicial tug-of-war in union history. 3.List the basic aims of labor unions. 4.Explain the nature of the 21st century crisis in labor law. 5.Identify the major provision of the Norris- LaGuardia Act.

24-3 Learning Objectives 6.Indicate the primary tenets of the Wagner Act. 7.List the functions of the Taft-Hartley Act. 8.Explain the provisions of the Landrum-Griffin Act. 9.Describe the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. 10.Identify the possible results of a complaint filed with the NLRB.

24-4 Labor Law Labor Law and the Economic Crisis –An Economic Tug-of-War –The Goals of Labor Organizations –The 21 st Century Labor Crisis

24-5 Labor Law An Economic Tug-of-War –The Clayton Act of 1914 –The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932

24-6 Labor Law Major Federal Labor Legislation –The Wagner Act –The Taft-Hartley Act –The Landrum-Griffin Act

24-7 Labor Law The Wagner Act –Interference with Employees’ Right to Organize –Domination or Interference with the Formation or Administration of Any Union –Discrimination to Encourage or Discourage Union Membership –Discharge for Charges Filed or Testimony Given –Refusal to Bargain Collectively

24-8 Labor Law The Taft-Hartley Act –State Right-to-Work Laws –Limiting the Power of the NLRB –Free Speech Provision –Employee Anti-Coercion Provision –Secondary Boycott –National Emergency Strikes –Other Prohibited Union Practices

24-9 Labor Law The Landrum-Griffin Act –Bill of Rights Provision –Hot-Cargo Agreement

24-10 Labor Law The Collective Bargaining Process –The National Labor Relations Board –Unfair Labor Practice Procedure –The Right to Strike in the Public Sector

24-11 Labor Law Unfair Labor Practice Procedure –Mediation