Word: nlrb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Labor groups think Stevens must become the first domino to topple if they are to successfully organize the largely non-union South. Since 1963, Stevens workers have voted against unionization in 13 of 14 elections held in the company's plants. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined that the workers voted under coersion and the threat of illegal firing. When Stevens did not respond to the charges, the ACTWU organizers tried a new tack and joined with the AFL-CIO in launching the much-publicized boycott of J.P. Stevens products in 1976. But like the NLRB warnings, the boycott...
...Stevens products drew similar fire. That corporation has been cited for more than 100 labor law violations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Stevens, the largest textile mill employing only non-union workers, has been charged with maintaining unsafe working conditions. Attempts to organize workers have failed repeatedly, and organizers have said the failures result because Stevens frightens and physically intimidates workers thinking about unionizing. Observers also have suggested that Stevens finds it cheaper to pay fines doled out for violations than to take the steps necessary to correct work situations cited as dangerous...
...their rights...flagrantly, cynically, and unlawfully." Stevens fires union supporters, interrogates employees, discriminates against minorities and especially those who support the union--and, in the case of the Statesboro, Georgia plant, where the union won a representation election, carries through on the threat of plant closing. Where the NLRB, the federal courts and the union have failed, consumers like Harvard can very likely force the company to respect their employees' rights...
...clerical workers and 20 librarians are striking in an effort to compel the university to recognize their two unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the unions last December, but the B.U. administration has said it will not recognize or bargain with them until it has exhausted its appeal of the NLRB decision. The appeals process could take up to two years...
...recent U.S. District Court order required B.U. to recognize the 300-member bargaining unit, the union spokesman said. The NLRB will conduct independent investigations of both sides as a result of the charges, he added...