Labor and Employment Law Program

As a union representative, it is necessary to understand the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and its practical impact on organizing--whether you plan to avoid the NLRB at all costs or plan to use it selectively.

In this two-session webinar, we will cover the protections employees have in organizing, strategic legal questions unions face in organizing campaigns, and the which of the latest NLRB decisions you should know.

NLRA Fundamentals:

• Section 7 rights
• Unfair labor practices in organizing campaigns
  -- 8 (a) (1) concerted activity
  -- 8 (a) (2) assistance to a labor organization
  -- 8 (a) (3) discrimination based on union activity
• Representation cases
  -- The election process and how it works
  -- Establishing the appropriate bargaining unit
  -- Who is an employee
  -- The employer's/union's rights and obligations during a union organizing campaign
  -- The legal and practical issues during the conduct of the election

Latest Case Developments

• Card check recognition and neutrality agreements
• E-mail organizing
• Who is a supervisor?

Instructor

Esta R. Bigler, Esq., Director of Cornell ILR's Labor and Employment Law Program, started her legal career at the NLRB, represented unions in private practice, and taught labor and employment law as an adjunct instructor in Cornell's Labor Studies Program before coming to Cornell as a member of the Extension Faculty.