Labor
labor law: an overview
The goal of labor laws is to equalize the bargaining power between employers and employees. The laws primarily deal with the relationship between employers and unions. Labor laws grant employees the right to unionize and allows employers and employees to engage in certain activities (e.g. strikes, picketing, seeking injunctions,lockouts) so as to have their demands fulfilled.
menu of sources
Federal Material
U.S. Constitution and Federal Statutes
- 29 U.S.C. - Labor
- Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act- 29 U.S.C. § 141 et seq.
- Norris-LaGuardia Act - 29 U.S.C. § 101
- Railway Labor Act - 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.
- Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act (FSLMRA) - 5 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq.
- CRS Annotated Constitution
Federal Regulations
Federal Judicial Decisions
- U.S. Supreme Court:
- Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Labor Law Decisions
U.S. Constitution
- CRS Annotated Constitution: Article I: Federal v. State Labor Laws
State Material
State Statutes
- State Statutes concerning:
State Judicial Decisions
- N.Y. Court of Appeals:
- Appellate Decisions from Other States
International Material
Conventions and Treaties
Other References
Key Internet Sources
- Federal Agencies:
- NLRB Homepage
- U.S. Department of Labor
- International Labour Organization
- ABA Labor and Employment Law
- Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- HR Policy Association
- LaborWeb (AFL-CIO Homepage)
- Labor Research and Education Resources
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
- House Committee on Education and Labor
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Labor Research Association: Working Life
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Labor Review Online (includes index to archived issues)
Useful Offnet(or Subscription - $) Sources
- Good Starting Point in Print: Charles Craver, Mark Rothstein, Elinor Schroeder, and Elaine Shoben Hornbook on Employment Law, West Group (2004).
- LII Downloads
