Labor Law

This course examines the law governing the collective organization of workers. Our primary focus will be on the National Labor Relations Act, including the processes of union organizing and collective bargaining that the NLRA establishes and its protections (or lack thereof) for strikes, protest, and political activity. But we will also consider historical and comparative perspectives on labor law; the relationship between labor law and such other bodies of law as constitutional law, administrative law, property law, and antitrust law; emerging forms of worker organization outside the NLRA; and reform proposals that have arisen in the face of a failing labor law regime and a changing economy. Questions of democracy and equality are at the center of the course.