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- Title
JUDICIAL PROCEDURE IN LABOR UNIONS.
- Authors
Taft, Philip
- Abstract
This article discusses general problems of the judicial procedure in labor unions. The expansion of membership and power of trade unions, while improving the bargaining position of millions of workers, raises a number of problems of great importance. Labor unions have been regarded as private organizations. Upon joining a union a worker agrees to abide by its rules and regulations, and the union has the right to discipline those who violate its constitution, bylaws, rules and customs. An organization of labor is formed to achieve a certain objective. In order to achieve this aim the union must have the power to control and to discipline its membership, force obedience to its working rules, and compel the carrying-out of contractual obligations. First, a labor organization welds its members into an integrated unit, so that it presents a common front to the employer during bargaining negotiations. Serious problems may arise if the union is unable to force its members to obey its agreements with the employer. The unfavorable reaction of the employer to indiscipline and contractual violations is likely to create difficulties for the union during renewal of its contracts.
- Subjects
LABOR unions; INDUSTRIAL relations; JURISDICTION; COURTS; LABOR movement; RULES
- Publication
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1945, Vol 59, Issue 3, p370
- ISSN
0033-5533
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1884570