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4.00 Credits
This course follows the broad contours of American- labor-management history, with an emphasis on the sources of growth and decline of the modern labor movement. Factors examined include: forms of employer and union organization, legal status of unions, immigration, race, gender, globalization, technology, politics, and ideology. Organizations surveyed include: Knights of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the AFL-CIO. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; IR2210 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines why unions need strategic research to be able to succeed in today's economic and political climate, what strategic research consists of, creating a research plan, research for targeting, researching workplace and social justice prolems, conflicting power structure research, understanding financial statements, grasping the employer's strategic plan and changes in the industry, and linking research to organizing and bargaining campaigns. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: Upper-division standing
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4.00 Credits
Taught by an attorney. Detailed introduction to labor (union) and employment law affecting employers, unions, and workers in the United States. Examines social philosophy, including employment -at- will doctrine, and historical context. Includes major provisions of the National Labor Relations Act; Taft-Hartley and Landrum- Griffin Ammendments; NLRB and Federal Court Legal interpretations; New York State's Taylor law and other public sector laws; anti-discrimination statutes; Fair Labor Standards Act; pension law; family and medical leave. Offered every year. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
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4.00 Credits
Women, minority workers, and part-time employees make up more than one-half of the labor force today. This course focuses on their historical relationships to the labor market and their positions today. It studies issues race, gender and national origin as they impact on compensation and employment opportunities. Traces history of efforts to achieve equal treatment from employers and labor unions. Advantages of multi-cultural perspectives for employers. Offered every two years. Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a basic understanding of the historical development of the legal status of public employees in the United States, with a specific emphasis on New York. It will include the creation of the civil service system, the strike and organizing struggles of the first half of the twentieth century, the attainment of tenure, constitutional due process and collective bargaining right of public employees. The course will review the Taylor Law in depth, including employees' rights to self-organization, union representation, collective bargaining, mandatory subjects of bargaining, and unfair labor practices. Elective (Offered Spring only).
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2.00 Credits
This course presents, in layman's terms, the history and current operations of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) and the National Labor Relations Board. It provides a detailed examination of "unfair labor practices" and how the NLRB and the courts handle ULP complaints. It also closely examines representation procedures leading to certification of labor organizations as bargaining representatives of employees, including the defining of bargaining units, the scheduling of elections, and post-election procedures. Students are also introduced New York's Taylor Law and the operations of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Offered every other year. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
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4.00 Credits
Student completes a major research project or internship, individually tailored to her or his background and experience. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Senior standing; completion of required courses.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
An independent study must be undertaken with the guidance of an IR faculty member, based in an academic department, and be related to the student's course of study. Prerequisite: Permission of IR instructor
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