Labor Law

Catalog description

Elective Course Course Requirement: exam Fulfills Current Concentration Elective: Government and Public Interest- Basic Government Track This course covers the evolution of federal labor relations laws and their effects upon the relationships between employers and employees, employers and unions, and employees and unions. Within this broad area, special attention is devoted to the following topics: the area of federal regulation, labor objectives and labor rights, employee representation (bargaining units and elections), unfair labor practices of both employers and unions (i.e., employer interference in union activities, domination of labor unions by employers, discrimination encouraging or discouraging union activity, restraint or coercion of employees by unions, discrimination by unions), strikes, picketing, boycotts, and injunctions.