Professional Documents
Culture Documents
LABOR RIGHTS
LABOR OBLIGATIONS
EXAMPLES OF UNFAIR
LABOR PRACTICE
• Obstruct Management of Nonunion Employees
• Obstruct Alternative Union Organizing
• Punish Union Members from Complaining
About Union
• Refuse to Consult or Negotiate in Good Faith
• Engaging in Secondary Boycotts
• Engaging in Featherbedding
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MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS
• Wagner Act
• National Labor Relations
Act
• State “Closed Shop” or
“Union Shop” Acts
• Other Acts
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EXAMPLES OF UNFAIR
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
• Punishing employee filing grievance
• Firing employee organizing a union
• Threatening prohibited punishments
• Changing working conditions without
bargaining
• Refusing mediation or arbitration when required
by contract
• Excluding union reps from “formal discussions”
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LEGAL LIMITATIONS
• Employees at Will
• Implied Contracts
• Explicit Contracts
• Statutory Exceptions
• Constitutional Exceptions
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