> >Forwarded message: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nancy Fox) > >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Training and Development List) > >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nancy Fox) > >Date: 96-01-31 03:08:57 EST > > > >Request for help: TEAM Act in Trouble > > > >My name is Nancy Fox, and I am public relations director for > >Development Dimensions International (DDI), a human resource training > >and consulting firm. On February 8th, 1996, members of our company > >will testify in the Senate to ask for passage of the TEAM Act. (The > >House of Representatives has already passed the amendment.) > > > >Background: The TEAM Act is an amendment to Section (a)(8) of the > >National Labor Relations Act. When this section was enacted in the > >1930s, it was meant to prevent company-run sham unions. The National > >Labor Relations Board s most recent interpretations of this section > >brand almost all employee involvement initiatives as illegal > >employer-dominated labor organizations. The TEAM Act would enable > >employers and employees to seize improvement opportunities while > >preserving the prohibition against the sham unions. Without passage of > >this act, the only legal mechanism for employers and employees to > >discuss workplace issues will be traditional collective bargaining. > > > >Request: I m interested in talking with people from companies that are > >worried about their employee involvement initiatives or that may be > >holding back team building implementations or other employee > >involvement initiatives because of concern about these legal issues. > >Please e-mail me with your input or let me know of other individuals or > >organizations whom I can contact about this issue. We will not be > >using company names without permission, and will protect company > >identities in our testimony. > > > >You can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 412-257-3860. I need to > >hear from you by Thursday, February 1 at noon. Thank you. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Leave TRDEV-L at any time by including SIGNOFF TRDEV-L > > (and only these two words) in the body of an e-mail note to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Do not send this command the list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > > > > > Stephen J. Havlovic, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Faculty of Business Administration > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
