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The Supreme Court on Unions

Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers

By: Julius G. Getman

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The Supreme Court on Unions

Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers

By: Julius G. Getman

Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions. In The Supreme Court on Unions, Getman critically examines the decisions of the nation's highest court in those areas that are crucial to unions and the workers they represent: organizing, bargaining, strikes, and dispute resolution.As he discusses Supreme Court decisions dealing with unions and labor in a variety of different areas, Getman offers an interesting historical perspective to illuminate the ways in which the Court has been an influence in the failures of the labor movement. During more than sixty years that have seen the Supreme Court take a dominant role, both unions and the institution of collective bargaining have been substantially weakened. While it is difficult to measure the extent of the Court’s responsibility for the current weak state of organized labor and many other factors have, of course, contributed, it seems clear to Getman that the Supreme Court has played an important role in transforming the law and defeating policies that support the labor movement.

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Cornell University Press

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1501703641

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The Betrayal of Local 14

Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

By: Julius G. Getman

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The Betrayal of Local 14

Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

By: Julius G. Getman

International Paper, the richest paper company and largest landowner in the United States, enjoyed record profits and gave large bonuses to executives in 1987, that same year the company demanded that employees take a substantial paycut, sacrifice hundreds of jobs, and forego their Christmas holiday. At the Adroscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, twelve hundred workers responded by going on strike from June 1987 to October 1988. Local union members mobilized an army of volunteers but International Paper brought in permanent replacement workers and the strike was ultimately lost. Julius G. Getman tells the story of that strike and its implications—a story of a community changing under pressure; of surprising leaders, strategists, and orators emerging; of lifelong friendships destroyed and new bonds forged. At a time when the role of organized labor is in transition, Getman suggests, this strike has particular significance. He documents the early negotiations, the battle for public opinion, the heroic efforts to maintain solidarity, and the local union's sense of betrayal by its national leadership. With exceptional richness in perspective, Getman includes the memories and informed speculations of union stalwarts, managers, and workers, including those who crossed the picket line, and shows the damage years later to the individuals, the community, and the mill. He demonstrates the law's bias, the company's undervaluing of employees, and the international union's excessive concern with internal politics.

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Cornell University Press

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1501724320

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9781501724329

Restoring the Power of Unions

It Takes a Movement

By: Julius G. Getman

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Restoring the Power of Unions

It Takes a Movement

By: Julius G. Getman

The labor movement is weak and divided. Some think that it is dying. But Julius Getman, a preeminent labor scholar, demonstrates through examination of recent developments that a resurgent labor movement is possible. He proposes new models for organizing and innovating techniques to strengthen the strike weapon. Above all, he insists that unions must return to their historical roots as a social movement.

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Yale University Press

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0300162936

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In the Company of Scholars

The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education

By: Julius Getman

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In the Company of Scholars

The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education

By: Julius Getman

I began this book to articulate my sense of disappointment and alienation from the status I had fought so hard to achieve." A remarkable admission from an alumnus of Harvard Law School who has held tenured professorships in the law schools of Yale and Stanford and has taught in the law schools of Harvard and Chicago. In this personal reflection on the status of higher education, Julius Getman probes the tensions between status and meaning, elitism and egalitarianism, that challenge the academy and academics today. He shows how higher education creates a shared intellectual community among people of varied races and classes—while simultaneously dividing people on the basis of education and status. In the course of his explorations, Getman touches on many of the most current issues in higher education today, including the conflict between teaching and research, challenges to academic freedom, the struggle over multiculturalism, and the impact of minority and feminist activism. Getman presents these issues through relevant, often humorous anecdotes, using his own and others' experiences in coping with the constantly changing academic landscape. Written from a liberal perspective, the book offers another side of the story told in such works as Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind and Roger Kimball's Tenured Radicals.

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University of Texas Press

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0292786506

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Restoring the Power of Unions

It Takes a Movement

By: Julius G. Getman

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It Takes a Movement

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Union Representation Elections

Law and Reality

By: Julius Getman,Stephen Goldberg,Jeanne B. Herman

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Union Representation Elections

Law and Reality

By: Julius Getman,Stephen Goldberg,Jeanne B. Herman

Provides the first major effort to test the rules and regulations that underlie current practices in union elections and, at the same time, explores the role played by the National Labor Relations Board in regulating these elections. The book reports the findings of an empirical field study of thirty-one union representation elections involving over 1,000 employees to determine their pre-campaign attitudes, voting intent, actual vote, and the effect of the campaign on voting. It focuses on campaign issues, unlawful campaigning, working conditions, demographic factors, job-related variables, and other topics.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610446313

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The Betrayal of Local 14

Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

By: Julius G. Getman

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Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

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Cornell University Press

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The Supreme Court on Unions

Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers

By: Julius G. Getman

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Why Labor Law Is Failing American Workers

By: Julius G. Getman

Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions. In The Supreme Court on Unions, Getman critically examines the decisions of the nation’s highest court in those areas that are crucial to unions and the workers they represent: organizing, bargaining, strikes, and dispute resolution. As he discusses Supreme Court decisions dealing with unions and labor in a variety of different areas, Getman offers an interesting historical perspective to illuminate the ways in which the Court has been an influence in the failures of the labor movement. During more than sixty years that have seen the Supreme Court take a dominant role, both unions and the institution of collective bargaining have been substantially weakened. While it is difficult to measure the extent of the Court’s responsibility for the current weak state of organized labor and many other factors have, of course, contributed, it seems clear to Getman that the Supreme Court has played an important role in transforming the law and defeating policies that support the labor movement.

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150170365X

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Book's by Julius G. Getman

The Supreme Court on Unions

The Supreme Court on Unions

The Betrayal of Local 14

The Betrayal of Local 14

Restoring the Power of Unions

Restoring the Power of Unions

In the Company of Scholars

In the Company of Scholars

Restoring the Power of Unions

Restoring the Power of Unions

Union Representation Elections

Union Representation Elections

The Betrayal of Local 14

The Betrayal of Local 14

The Supreme Court on Unions

The Supreme Court on Unions

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