Labor & Employment Law

High-level discussion of proposed labor law reform

Follow-Up on Proposed Reform is something worth reading if you have an interest in possible reform of the traditional labor laws (that is, NLRB stuff). It is brought to you by Labor Law Blog.

It's a discussion between the Labor Law Blog editor (whose true identity I cannot reveal) and Joe Brock, from Laboring Away at the Institute.

Here is just a sample:

Joe Brock: I've been looking over your proposal with some interest, and I have some comments that i'd like to share. Your statistics are obviously well researched, and I think these statistics would be surprising to the general public who might not have the benefit of the numbers. For example: You correctly note that the median time between petition and election was 39 days in 2007. I think that would surprise many who have come to the conclusion in listening to the unions argument that it routinely took much longer. I think that 39 days from petition to election is about what it SHOULD take to make such a potentially career changing decision.

Labor Law Blog: You focus on the half of elections held within 39 days and say the law does a good job. I focus on the half of elections that take more than 39 days (including 7% that take more than 56 days and the small minority that take many months) and say that the law can do a substantially better job. There is no need to wait months. We can do better.

Don't stop now. Read the whole thing.

Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).