At 3:13 PM 12/24/95, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >It is indeed very sad to see law school faculty so inept that they can not >see the difference between striking, that is, withholding services, and >taking hostages. It is no wonder that our legal system is so screwed up. > >Regards, Marty It is even sadder for the institutions of democracy when labor relations experts cannot respect the rights of employees to freely associate and choose their own representation, and the responsibility of employers to recognize that choice. In this analysis, all labor actions can be equated with "hostage taking." In fact, in this case, the only "hostages" are the faculty who have to grade their own final exams because teaching assistants have decided to withdraw their services in an attempt to gain bargaining recognition. What 'screws up' the legal system is the attempt to deny representation rights in order to maintain unilateral control of the work force. Michael H. Belzer School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3901 voice: (607) 255-6185 fax: (607) 255-0107 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
