Labor Law

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This class addresses the legal regime structuring the rights of workers to act collectively to improve their wages and working conditions. The course is focused on labor unions, but some attention will also be paid to non-union workers acting as a group. Over the course of the semester we will address issues including (but not limited to) which workers are covered by labor law (and which workers are not), how labor law is administered by the National Labor Relations Board, the process of gaining union representation through organizing, the process of collective bargaining, and other forms of "concerted activity."