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The Labor Reform Act of 1977 was a proposed Act of the
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US labor law United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "org ...
that never came into force. It would have altered the labor legislation to bring it in line with modern developments and international standards by removing obstacles from employers to the formation of unions in the workplace. The Act would have made the following changes: *Amend the National Labor Relations Act to increase the size of the
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to seven members and the terms of Board members to seven years. *Direct the Board to issue rules to protect specified rights of employee and labor organizations, facilitate the resolution voter eligibility disputes, and govern elections in cases in which an appeal had not been decided before the date of election. *Create faster elections if a majority of members of a bargaining unit sought recognition of a union or decertification of an existing union. *Specify damages if there was an unlawful refusal to bargain prior to entry into a first bargaining contract. *Provide for expedited consideration and relief from certain alleged unfair labor practices which resulted in a deprivation of employment. *Deny for up to three years public contracts to persons willfully violating final orders regarding unfair labor practices.


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Employee Free Choice Act The Employee Free Choice Act is the name for several legislative bills on US labor law (, , , , , , , , .) which have been proposed and sometimes introduced into one or both chambers of the U.S. Congress. The bill's purpose, as taken from the 200 ...
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US labor law United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "org ...
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UK labour law United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...


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