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  • Hiring Hall Rights

    The LMRDA provides very few rights related to the fair operation of hiring halls. The basis for the rights of hiring hall users is found in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), particularly Section (b)(1)(A), which requires unions to abide by what is called the duty of fair representation. There are two kinds of hiring halls: exclusive and non-exclusive. Under an exclusive hiring hall, employers agree to obtain all, or a fixed percentage, of workers from the union.

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  • Moving slowly while opportunity knocks at IUOE L. 14

    It was back in July 2008 that the government settled its civil RICO lawsuit against International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14, the 1,600-member union of heavy construction equipment and crane operators in New York City. The government charged that Local 14 had been dominated by organized crime; the consent decree that settled the case provides for two court-appointed monitors armed with wide-ranging powers to eradicate corruption, establish a fair job referral system, require fair elections, and promote union democracy.

  • Black and white can unite vs. construction discrimination

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    The following was stimulated by an interesting article on black labor in the fall issue of Democratic Left:

  • Who will police the Longshoremen's Ethics Code?

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    Scrambling to fend off a threatened federal racketeering suit, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) has adopted a Code of Ethics and hired a former investigator of police corruption in New York City to enforce it.

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