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Administering Labor Law in Political Turbulence

decision had given them the closure that they were looking for. My political awakening arose in November 2010. The voters in four states-Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah-passed amendments to

The Drive to Precarity: A Political History of Work, Regulation & Labor Advocacy in San Francisco's Taxi & Uber Economies

decisions to withdraw from the business-labor bargain combined with political and racial discontent among rank-and-file workers set the stage for the complete decline of union power. Part III then tells the ... political history of how chauffeur work went from precarity to security and back may hold important lessons for contemporary labor struggles. INTRODUCTION

Backlash, the Political Economy, and Structural Exclusion

, 296-99 (JoAnn Boydston ed., 1987). Dewey argues against the Lockean notion of atomic individualism, suggesting instead that political philosophy must take seriously the social as a category. The ... conditions necessary for economic and social justice. In contrast, radical theory, which analyzes the socio-historic process of the political economy under capitalism, asserts that capitalism cannot be

Administering Labor Law in Political Turbulence

political awakening arose in November 2010. The voters in four states-Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah-passed amendments to their state constitutions that mandated elections before i. Email ... issue opinions acknowledging that the amendments were unenforceable as preempted, what we received was a political response: that the voters of those states had spoken clearly and decisively and that any

Political Decision-Making at the National Labor Relations Board: An Empirical Examination of the Board’s Unfair Labor Practice Decisions through the Clinton and Bush II Years

. Kennedy’s statement in 1954 that the NLRB “is not a policymaking branch of the administration which should be filled by one whose philosophy of labor is in keeping with the views of the political party in ... II Years Amy Semet Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.berkele y.edu/bjell Part of the Law Common s Recomme nded Citation Amy Semet, Political Decision-Making at the National

Political Decision-Making at the National Labor Relations Board: An Empirical Examination of the Board’s Unfair Labor Practice Decisions through the Clinton and Bush II Years

filled by one whose philosophy of labor is in keeping with the views of the political party in power.”7 Yet, despite what politicians may say about the NLRB’s purpose, scholars, politicians, and Board ... School (2000), Ph.D. Political Science, Columbia University (2015). I would like to thank all those who offered helpful comments on this piece, especially my dissertation committee at Columbia University

Political Abuse of Hiring Halls: Comparative Treatment under the NLRA and the LMRDA

, opportunitiessometimes existfor union leaders to abuse hiring hall mechanisms by manipulatingapplicantreferralstofavorfriendsand disfavor political enemies. The author discusses hiring hall mechanisms and opportunitiesfor ... hall abuse-work referral practices aimed at punishing political dissidents within the union. It will review the prevailing legal theories used to combat this practice 1. Oversight of Operating Engineers

Backlash, the Political Economy, and Structural Exclusion

, 296-99 (JoAnn Boydston ed., 1987). Dewey argues against the Lockean notion of atomic individualism, suggesting instead that political philosophy must take seriously the social as a category. The ... conditions necessary for economic and social justice. In contrast, radical theory, which analyzes the socio-historic process of the political economy under capitalism, asserts that capitalism cannot be

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (1966–2020)

passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with

Politicizing a New Breed of Legalized Transnational Political Opportunity Structures: Labor Activist Uses of NAFTA's Citizen-Petition Mechanism

of Political Science, San Diego State University. The author wishes to thank Lance Compa , Naoko Kada, Guang Lei , and Monica Schurtman for their very helpful comments. Field research in Mexico in 2003 ... . It is, in fact, a quasi-judicial mechanism that offers a transnational political platform for nonstate activists. Quasi-judicial mechanisms involve a mediating process set forth by treaty whereby an

Politicizing a New Breed of Legalized Transnational Political Opportunity Structures: Labor Activist Uses of NAFTA's Citizen-Petition Mechanism

of Political Science, San Diego State University. The author wishes to thank Lance Compa , Naoko Kada, Guang Lei , and Monica Schurtman for their very helpful comments. Field research in Mexico in 2003 ... . It is, in fact, a quasi-judicial mechanism that offers a transnational political platform for nonstate activists. Quasi-judicial mechanisms involve a mediating process set forth by treaty whereby an

Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers

to date. Many countries are still uncertain about whether to grow and how to regulate genome-edited crop varieties12. Scientific, political and social considerations impact these decisions, which are

Employees

theoretical integration, the article explores contemporary interpretations of privacy in fields such as philosophy, cultural studies, and law, and it examines their relevance and deficiencies in the internet ... , supra note 7, at 13–14; Hyman Gross, Privacy and Autonomy, in PRIVACY: NOMOS XIII 169, 169–71 (Roland Pennock & John W. Chapman eds., 1971). association with political freedom of speech and beliefs.26 It

Going home: the challenges and rewards of genetics research in Mexico

political environment, with the government proposing reforms to evaluation systems, public trusts and funding policies, without clarity or inviting input from working scientists. Fortunately, we in developing

Organizing the State: The “New Labor Law” Seen from the Bottom-Up

call “nodal agents”—not the law. That means some of the state– based nodal agents central to interagency and inter–civil society collaboration derive their authority from inherently unstable political ... something that is more explicitly political, potentially with bigger and broader benefits.12 In this respect the new labor law’s apex currency, requiring an altogether new type of law that protects the

Deconstructing Racism in American Society - The Role Labor Law Might Have Played (but Did Not) In Ending Race Discrimination: A Partial Explanation and Historical Commentary

under the Fourteenth Amendment. Federal legislation was overturned as exceeding Congress's limited commerce and taxing powers or under the Fifth Amendment. The philosophy that lay behind Lochner was an ... received wisdom is that Lochner was wrong because it involved "judicial activism": an illegitimate intrusion by the courts into the realm properly reserved to the political branches of government.... [T]he

Reviewing the Reviews: The Political Implications of Critical Legal Studies

reform without considering instead whether national political and social relations should be entirely reconstructed. This Comment argues that critical legal studies has not developed a theory of law and ... and unconvincing social generalizations. 6 Critical legal studies is a movement of academics hostile to American political ideology and Liberal political theory.7 Political Liberalism Working Class

Reviewing the Reviews: The Political Implications of Critical Legal Studies

reform without considering instead whether national political and social relations should be entirely reconstructed. This Comment argues that critical legal studies has not developed a theory of law and ... and unconvincing social generalizations. 6 Critical legal studies is a movement of academics hostile to American political ideology and Liberal political theory.7 Political Liberalism Working Class

Secondary Boycotts in American Labor Law and the First Amendment: An Application to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement

rights and those seeking to advance civil rights or advance political causes. The notion of a moral economy put forth by Bruce Western and Jake Rosenfeld can be expanded to understand the operation of ... labor and capital as necessarily having moral and political implications. In this landscape, there is no such thing as a “neutral business,” and boycott campaigns that respond to international calls for

Mandatory Political Contributions and Union Democracy

exists even when a union takes political action upon a broader front. The basic philosophy of a President and his party affects appointments to agencies like the National Labor Relations Board, which in ... Industrial Relations Law Journal Mandatory Political Contributions Kenneth Cloket 0 0 t Ph.D., L.L.M. in Labor Law 1980, University of California (Los Angeles); J.D. 1966, B.A. 1963, University of