ECONOMIC NOTES NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
http://www.LaborResearch.org or http://www.lraonline.org Jan. 29, 2002 Labor Law U.S. Appeals Court Upholds NLRB Decision on Illegal Videotaping of Union Activities (Feb 15, 2002) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld on February 4 a decision by the National Labor Relations Board finding that a company's restriction and videotaping of employees handing out union literature at the plant gates were an unfair labor practices. Report Employer Snooping: What Rights Do Workers Really Have? (Feb. 13, 2002) In the modern private-sector workplace, surveillance is quickly becoming the norm. Going to work is feeling more and more like 8-hours in a state penitentiary. And in most cases it's all legal. Unions, however, can help workers fight back and regain some degree of privacy and control on the job. >>Labor Headlines From Around the Web > Britain's Revived Labor Movement Is Spoiling for a Fight - New York Times (Feb. 15, 2002) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/international/europe/15BRIT.html Steelworkers to Launch Drive for Tariffs on Foreign Steel Imports - The Patriot-News (Feb. 15, 2002) http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=printnews&doc_id=NR200202141180.3_7404000edac2e67f Debating the Future of 401(k) Pension Plans After Enron - San Francisco Chronicle ( Feb. 15, 2002) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/14/BU176564.DTL United, Union Ask Government Not to Intervene in Talks - Washington Post (Feb. 14, 2002) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7286-2002Feb13.html Unions Unleash Their Power in Florida Governor's Race - Miami Herald (Feb. 14, 2002) http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=printnews&doc_id=NR200202111180.3_3deb00812b8ce195 Court Overturns NLRB's Bargaining Orders Against Overnite, Despite Company's Labor Law Violations - Richmond Times-Dispatch (Feb. 14, 2002) http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=printnews&doc_id=NR200202121180.3_ba04000de33c99a3 Op-Ed: Health Insurance for All - Washington Post (Feb. 13, 2002) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60625-2002Feb11.html _ ___________________________________________________________ Labor Research Association 330 West 42nd St., 13th Fl. New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 714-1677, Fax: (212) 714-1674 E-mail: Internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.laborresearch.org http://www.lraconsulting.com =============================================================
