- Instructor: Will Flynn
- Location: Meets in Room E-261
- Class Code or Section Number: L0120
Some of the topics covered in this class are:
1. Introduction and Overview; Background of Students; The Courts; Judicial Restraints on Unions; The Injunction; The Norris-LaGuardia Act.
2. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), its history, origins, practice and procedure.
3. The Collective Bargaining Unit
4. Organizing and the Law
5. Employer Unfair Labor Practices
6. The Duty to Bargain
7. Strikesand Lockouts
8. Calif. Law of Employment Contracts Enforcement of Agreements; Arbitration
9. The Duty of Fair Representation
10. Role of Employees as Union Members; The Landrum-Griffin Act; Union Security
11. Criminal Law in the Workplace
12. Employment Discrimination
13. Calif. Workers Compensation Law;
14. Calif. Labor Standards Law; Public Employment
Mr. Flynn is a labor attorney with Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Reading should be completed before the class listed begins. There will be extensive handouts in this class but they will largely be handed out in the class in which they will be discussed. Students might consider getting a thick notebook which can be used to keep the handouts.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Explain to workers their legal rights to organize into a union on the job, bargain collectively with their employer, and participate in concerted activity;
- Identify and explain Employer and Labor Organization obligations under the National Relations Act; Apply legal concepts of labor law to real life situations;
- Determine when circumstances require the assistance of legal counsel;
- Demonstrate ability to read decisions (i.e., from NLRB or EEOC) and explain to workers and colleagues in understandable concepts;
- Conduct basic analysis of facts after looking up and applying legal principles to the situation;
- Inform members of the findings of investigations and advise them of further options;
- Critically discuss essential legal principles in labor relations events.
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