Labor Relations Week Index-Summary

– Comprehensive immigration bill, witnesses discuss future guestworker flows, pathway to citizenship, amnesty provision, Senate panel hearing, 720; proposed commission to set future flow of immigrants may result in more offshoring, report, 910; Obama reaffirms commitment to passing bill, 1027
– Criminal prosecution, DHS issues enforcement guidelines, 720
– Employment eligibility

See EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

– Growth numbers halted in 2008, report, 700
– Hiring

– – Border Control and Contractor Accountability Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1668

– – Foreign-born workers, 2007 report, BLS data, 531
– – RICO Act

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

– ICE raids

See CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES

– Identity theft

– – Mex., challenge to whether citizen accused of illegal entry and using falsified documents for employment violated federal criminal law (U.S., rem), 723
– – Tenn., gov. enacts penalty law for use, manufacture, or transfer of false identity, In Brief, 828

– Illegal Immig. Enf. and Soc. Sec. Protection Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 98

– Legalization would enhance economic recovery, speakers say, conference, 651; legalizing and instituting guestworker program economically beneficial, study, 1447
– Obama advocates equitable way to help unlawful immigrants, 494
– Penalties

See PENALTIES

– Problem issues identified, outdated and inadequate laws fail to meet needs, report, 1738
– Social Security numbers, DHS granted time extension to review no-match rule (N.D. Cal.), 1015; DHS announces intention to rescind rule, 1090; DHS issues proposed rule to rescind, 1371; DHS issues final rule to rescind no-match regulation, 1581
– State labor and job legislation enacted in 2008, ESA analysis, 299
– ULPs, accord requires roofing firm to pay liquidated damages and reinstate fired workers unless they are undocumented (9th Cir.), 1051

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

– Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1

– California

See CALIFORNIA

– Colo., House approves bill giving benefits to locked-out workers, sends to gov., 783; gov. vetoes, 867
– Economic recovery, DOL Sec'y outlines initiatives for unemployed, touts worker protections and green jobs potential, conference, 976; Solis responds to layoffs/closures by offering job training, promoting health care reform, EFCA passage, wage hour enforcement, conference, 984
– Exhaustion of benefits, speakers highlight ways relief might be provided to help jobless workers, 1029
– Extended benefits

– – Alternative bill, Reid (D-Nev.) and Baucus (D-Mont) draft proposal to extend benefits to states with 8.5% threshold, 1584
– – Economic stimulus plan signed by Obama, included in, 274
– – Emergency extension legislation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3404, HR 3548, S 1647

– – Equitable tolling, ruling that locked-out UFCW workers failed to prove statute of limitations barring recovery should be extended reversed (Cal. Ct. App.), 443; unpublished opinion favoring workers certified for publication (Cal. App. Ct.), 642; locked-out workers' claim involving denial of unemployment benefits may proceed (Cal. Ct. App.), 1471
– – Fla. legislature let bills die needed to get stimulus funds to cut taxes and expand benefits, 783
– – Mich. gov. signs bill extending benefits 7 weeks, 620
– – Natl. Employment Law Project says nearly 400K workers in 13 states would qualify if legislation enacted, 730
– – Spending and tax options, Pelosi (D-Calif.) says House Democrats will look into, 1714
– – States offered ETA guidance, In Brief, 244

– Fla. legislature let bills die needed to get stimulus funds to cut taxes and expand benefits, 783
– FY2010 DOL budget, Obama intends to hike funding by $600M to reform UI program, 350
– Idaho, gov. signs bill to expand eligibility, In Brief, 746
– Michigan

– – Extension, gov. signs bill extending benefits 7 weeks, 620
– – Hiring, UI Agency will hire new workers due to surge in claims, 222

– Misclassification of FedEx drivers, state AGs urge proper classification to ensure workers have labor protections and that payroll taxes are paid, 1042
– Modernization incentive payments to states, ETA issues notice to explain changes, clarifies suspension of interest for federal loan advances, taxes, 1508
– Multi-state combined-wage claims, ETA guidance letter explains new rule, 244
– N.J., striking nurses entitled to benefits, strike failed to meet definition of work stoppage, 207
– N.Y. gas station owner arrested for failing to pay into UI fund, 513
– Ore., gov. signs bill expanding eligibility for benefits, In Brief, 698
– Reserve fund, FY2010 budget resolution

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HConRes 85, SConRes 13

– Tenn., legislature approves penalties for misrepresentation, misconduct, and fraud, 947; gov. signs bill to hike taxable wage base, 1114
– Trust funds, access to

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3357

– Wash., gov. signs bill to hike benefits and expand training, 338
– Women, changes urged in wake of ARRA to help level playing field, conference, 414

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

– Automotive industry employment, earnings and hours, preliminary unadjusted data, BLS figures, 447
– Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 2008 annual report, 2008, 108; Jan. 2009, 293; Apr., 776
– EFCA could cause increase in membership and unemployment if enacted, study, 419
– Families, Black, Hispanic and single-parent households had higher jobless rate in 2008, Census Bureau, 369
– Foreign-born workers, 2007 report, BLS data, 531
– Global rates

– – ILO revises upward, Global Employment Trends report, 2009, 909
– – Stimulus measures helped save 7M-11M jobs worldwide, ILO head says, 1527

– Health insurance reform, sweeping changes would cut rate, CEA report, 888
– Immigrants have little impact on joblessness of native-born U.S. workers, IPC study, 870; IPC and Immig. Studies Ctr. release reports with opposing views, 1492
– Job losses

– – Civilian, BLS report, Dec. 2008, 107; Jan. 2009, 254; Feb., 410; Mar., 570; Apr., 774; July, 1302; Aug., 1422; Sept., 1599
– – Exhaustion of benefits, speakers highlight ways relief might be provided to help workers, 1029
– – Greenhouse gas emissions, House bill to cap would temporarily slow economic growth, CBO report, 1611; Senate bill, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1733
– – Health care reform, employers will cut jobs and benefits if costs increase, survey, 1533
– – Outlook

– – – BNA midyear survey, rate expected to average 9.9% in first half of year, 1100
– – – CBO head says joblessness expected to peak at 10.5%, 900
– – – EPI analysts predict Americans face deficit of 10M jobs, slow wage growth after recovery, 977
– – – HR professionals pessimistic about job outlook in 1st quarter 2009, SHRM survey, 263
– – – Recovery

See Recovery outlook, this heading

– – Payroll job losses in 2008 more severe than in previous downturns, Monthly Labor Review, 572
– – Recession

– – – End in sight, but jobless workers unlikely to feel it for months, analysts say, 1264
– – – Nation's rate will peak at 10.1%, forecasters predict, 938

– – Registered voters view as “big problem,” support government intervention, survey, 1648
– – “Safety net,” McDermott (D-Wash.), state officials, nonprofit groups urge changes to federal program, 1630
– – SEIU hotline and website set up to aid small business owners and workers facing closures, job losses, 801
– – Stimulus package, opponents criticize Obama plan after Sept. jobs report, patience urged, 1605
– – Women, economic crisis could cause 22M female workers worldwide to lose jobs, ILO warns, 459

– Labor underutilization, BLS releases figures for all states and D.C., In Brief, 491
– Latino labor force, impact of recession

– – Job training, math and science degrees, DOL Sec'y Solis urges, Hispanic Caucus, 1527
– – Pew Hispanic Ctr. report, Dec. 2008, 42; Feb. 2009, 302

– Layoffs

See LAYOFFS
– – Announcements

See LAYOFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

– Local job aid resources data, AFL-CIO and Working Am. launch website, 594
– Manufacturing, lack of industrial strategy contributing to rise in rates, officials say, 1191
– Nonfarm payroll data, BLS report, June 2009, 1102; July, 1381
– Rebound from jobs crisis uncertain, challenging, Obama economists say, 1725
– Recession

– – Blue Chip Econ. Indicators, expected to be longest and deepest since World War II, survey, 30; forecasters expect end by summer, but unemployment rate will increase, 1145
– – Business cycles, recession and economic shifts erode job prospects, expanded retraining urged, study, 1381
– – Economic recovery, DOL Sec'y outlines initiatives for unemployed, touts worker protections and green jobs potential, conference, 976; Solis responds to layoffs/closures by offering job training, promoting health care reform, EFCA passage, wage hour enforcement, conference, 984
– – End in sight, but jobless workers unlikely to feel it for months, analysts say, 1264
– – Multinational firms, recession and productivity reason for job loss, not offshoring, study, 457

– Recovery outlook

– – Infrastructure key to job growth, job crisis severe, job recovery slow, speakers say, conference, 1723
– – Job creation, high joblessness likely to slow recovery process, CEA Chair says, 1726
– – New Am. Found. report, jobless recovery may be more difficult than expected, 949
– – San Francisco Fed. Reserve Bank predicts jobless recovery will be similar to the one in 1992, 1022
– – UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts despite recovery, unemployment will continue to climb in “well into 2010,” 978

– Regional and state report, BLS report, Jan. 2009, 449
– Restructuring of the economy impacts, conference, 696
– Training and education for displaced workers, DOL and Educ. Dep't launch new website, 767
– Women, labor force participation rate, BLS report, 2008, 1638

UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

– ADR, NLRB makes program permanent for cases pending before board, 517
– Back pay

See BACK PAY

– Bargaining duty

– – AFT Local 4986, injunctive relief requiring successor to recognize and bargain ordered (E.D. Cal.), 1140; ALJ findings adopted (NLRB), 1678
– – GCC-IBT, Newspaper that agreed to dues checkoff after CBA expired cannot reverse decision without bargaining (D.C. Cir.), 684
– – Heartland Health Care Ctr., §10(j) injunction issued ordering recognition of SEIU Healthcare Mich. (E.D. Mich.), 602; settlement approved (NLRB Reg. Dir.), 1299
– – IBEW Local 21, telecommunications firm had no duty to bargain over move to merge installers to larger CWA bargaining unit (9th Cir.), 726
– – SEIU Local 434B, “perfectly clear” successor exception inapplicable to nursing home owner, no duty to bargain (D.C. Cir.), 1092
– – UFCW

– – – Food distributor that withdrew recognition ordered to bargain, NLRA §10(j) injunction issued (D. Minn.), 1374
– – – Nursing home that unilaterally changed benefits and job policies committed ULP, NLRB two-member ruling rejected (D.C. Cir.), 709; NLRB urges upholding legality of two-member rulings (U.S., cert. petition filed), 1553; (U.S., briefs filed), 1679

– Contract renewal, change to health carrier lawful (NLRB), 1634
– Disaffiliation from union, NLRB official issues guidance on how to handle charges and representation petitions stemming from UNITE HERE/Workers United dispute, 1041
– Employer property, disciplining employees for using e-mail for union communication and banning display of union insignia violation (D.C. Cir.), 1091
– FMLA eligibility, factory worker who returned to work under ULP accord may not claim layoff time as “hours of service” (S.D Ohio), 325
– Handbilling dispute between UFCW and retailer ends after employer withdraws its exception to ALJ 2001 decision and NLRB adopts ALJ's findings and conclusions, 1421
– Hot cargo pacts, IBT Local 917 protest of lost truck driving work violated NLRA §8(e) (2d Cir.), 1340
– Immigration, roofing firm must pay liquidated damages and reinstate fired workers unless they are undocumented (9th Cir.), 1051
– Interference, hospital threatened loss of pay hikes and interfered with union activity prior to CNA/NNOC representation election (NLRB ALJ), 25
– Layoffs, P.R. grain firm's failure to bargain with union over layoffs of striking workers violation (1st Cir.), 364
– Management rights, oral pact extension between GCC-IBT Local 65-B and printing firm valid, clause authorizes change to discipline policy (7th Cir.), 1137
– Media communication ban, casino unlawfully maintained and enforced rules, NLRA §8(a)(1) violation (NLRB ALJ), 1474
– Medical costs, UAW files charges against casino for hiking before negotiating with union, NLRA §8(a)(5) violation (NLRB), 164
– NUHW, representation elections postponed until NLRB probes charges filed by SEIU Intl. Union against UHW-W, 309
– Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Auburn, Wash., IBT strike continues amid charges of numerous employer violations, 15; members offer to return to work and end strike, 280; employer move to give returning workers reduced benefits and suspend 13 workers may prompt another strike, 354
– Organizing violations

See ORGANIZING

– Overtime, failure to give hospital 10 days notice of housekeepers' intent to refuse overtime violates NLRA (9th Cir.), 1296
– Permanent replacements, challenge to whether nursing homes failure to reinstate strikers while secretly hiring replacements violates NLRA (U.S., rev den), 1632
– Picketing, NLRB ruling that firing correctional medical clinic workers for failing to give advance notice was lawful reversed (2d Cir.), 1014
– Protected concerted activity

– – Bargaining duty, issuance of NLRA §10(j) injunction against nursing home affirmed, reinstatement order for SEIU strikers upheld (2d Cir.), 849
– – Beverage firm dealing directly with employee over severance packages violation (D.C. Cir.), 206
– – Granite Rock, IBT International not party to pact, interference charge rejected, but dispute with local must be arbitrated (U.S., rev grant), 1057
– – Home health care strikers failed to notify or call in, reinstatement ruling remanded for NLRB to consider §8(g) conflict with plant rule doctrine (2d Cir.), 815
– – Hospital failed to show technician unlawfully fired for engaging in strike is ineligible for back pay and reinstatement despite felony conviction (NLRB), 1177
– – IBT Local 886 violated NLRA §8 when steward's statement about refusal to process grievance and union election dispute overheard by other delivery employees (NLRB), 1217
– – Nursing home supervisor's interrogation, threats, firing of pro-union workers likely ULPs, ordered to recognize, bargain with SEIU (N.D. Ill.), 812; recognition, bargaining ordered (NLRB), 1473
– – Profanity, using to describe executive during pact talks not protected (4th Cir.), 485
– – Retaliation, filing grievance over overtime distribution not protected activity, no Title VII, N.Y. HR Law claim (W.D.N.Y.), 1676
– – Vietnamese restaurant violated ULP by promising pay hike if wage and hour claim dropped, videotaping picketing and firing deliverymen (NLRB), 487

– Recognition of union

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

– Refusal to bargain

– – NLRBPA, attorneys file ULP charge for refusal to bargain with certified bargaining unit that consolidated two separate units (FLRA), 550
– – NLRBU, which was certified as representative in consolidated unit violation (FLRA), 311

– Shutdown, union files NLRB charge for closing facility, moving operations, and refusing to bargain in good faith after sit-in, 50; displaced workers expect to return to work after plant sold to green employer, 352
– UUR files charges over layoffs by SEIU international, race and age bias claims, 430

UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA)

– Veterans' job rights

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 466, HR 1089

UNIFORMS

– Donning and doffing

See CLOTHES CHANGING

UNION DUES

See DUES, UNION

UNION INTERNAL ELECTIONS

– AFL-CIO, IFPTE President Junemann announces intent to run for Sec'y Treas., 951; Sec'y-Treas. Trumka announces intent to run for president, 1083; Junemann ends bid to become Sec'y-Treas., supports Trumka, 1206
– Coalition of Labor Union Women, announce new officers, 1739
– IBT election fraud, former Local 743 president and 2 officers convicted (N.D. Ill.), 713; three former IBT officials sentenced (N.D. Ill.), 1400
– IUOE, union rule requiring locals to maintain password-protected access to campaign websites lawful to block nonmember access (D.C Cir.), 1053
– NUHW elect interim officers elected and adopt interim constitution and bylaws, 672

UNION OF UNION REPRESENTATIVES (UUR)

– SEIU international, ULP charges over layoffs filed, race and age bias claims filed with EEOC, 430

UNION OFFICERS

– Labor Org. Officer and Employee Report (LM-30), OLMS plans to revise form, 678; DOL semiannual regulatory agenda, 786

UNION RECOGNITION

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

UNION STEWARDS

– FMLA, stewards denied credit for FMLA leave for hours spent enforcing IBEW Local 21 pact has claim (N.D. Ill.), 211
– Protected concerted activity, IBT Local 886 violated NLRA §8 when steward's statements about grievance and union disputes overheard by delivery employees (NLRB), 1217

UNIONS

– Approval rating down in 2009, Gallup poll, 1436
– Benefits of representation, service sector unionized workers make more than nonunion workers, CEPR report, 621
– Disaffiliation

See DISAFFILIATION OF UNIONS

– Dues

See DUES, UNION

– Elections of officers and governance

See UNION INTERNAL ELECTIONS

– Employer property, disciplining employees for using e-mail for union communication and banning display of union insignia violation (D.C. Cir.), 1091
– Federal contractors, workers' rights, Obama issues 3 labor-friendly E.O.s, summary, 191; OLA rescinds rules requiring posting notices informing employees of their rights not to join union, 516; OLMS proposes notification of NLRA rights, 1241; OLMS seeks comments for information collection, In Brief, 1414; businesses criticize NLRA employee rights notice, Analysis and Perspective, 1642 et seq.
– Members-only, minority-union bargaining, retired professor urges NLRA to adopt rule, 535
– Membership

See MEMBERSHIP IN UNION

– Mergers

See MERGERS, UNION

– National Labor Coordinating Comm. (NLCC) members meet with Obama to discuss EFCA (HR 1409, S 560), health care and the economy, 1125
– Obama approach to labor and employment issues pragmatic, more aggressive on work-family issues, speakers say, ABA conference, 1260
– Organizing

See ORGANIZING

– PLA agreements, Obama signs E.O. that urges federal agencies to consider requiring use of PLAs for federally funded construction projects of at least $25M, 242
– Recognition

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

– Representation

See REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

– Reunification, AFL-CIO and CTW heads and presidents of largest unions meet to discuss unified labor movement, 85; Bonior (D-Mich.) says talks progressing, proposal on structure for organization and passage of EFCA (HR 1409, S 560) discussed, 85; executive council approves unity talks with CTW and NEA, 389; unification talks on key issues progress, Bonior will chair Natl. Labor Coordinating Comm. (NLCC), 549; CWA delegates adopt resolution calling for unified labor movement, convention, 1019
– Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees (RAISE) Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2732, S 1184

UNITE HERE

– Am. Etc. d/b/a Royal Laundry, election petition dismissed, Workers United Local 75 is bargaining representative despite disaffiliation from UNITE HERE (NLRB), 958; ruling upheld, review denied (NLRB), 1221
– Bartenders Union Local 165 and Culinary Workers Local 226

– – MGM Grand casino, pact ratified, 1003
– – Protesters, finding that casino violated NLRA §8 by asking police to issue trespass citations to protesters withdrawn (NLRB), 725

– Cintas

– – Card check/neutrality, racketeering and trademark infringement claims dismissed (S.D.N.Y.), 390
– – OSHA, settlement of six safety cases protested, 32

– Constitutional convention, using arbitration to resolve dispute with Workers United rejected, union presidents pledge solidarity, 1063; Wilhelm and others elected to top positions, greater transparency and accountability of its governance and finances approved, diversity officer position created, 1098
– Disaffiliation with CTW, takeover, general president Raynor sues union executive Wilhelm under LMRA §301(a) for attempting to take control (E.D.N.Y.), 194; general executive board (GEB) rejects proposal that 2004 merger be dissolved, 233; delegates approve disaffiliation to end merger, 387; GEB votes to reaffiliate with AFL-CIO and disaffiliate with CTW, SEIU interference cited, 427; new union, Workers United affiliates with SEIU, 471; Wilhelm files jurisdictional complaint under CTW constitution against SEIU, 550; GEB suspends Raynor for trying to divide union and promote SEIU, 629; Local 54 members picket SEIU headquarters over jurisdictional raids, 671; Wilhelm implements suspension of Raynor, 800; NLRB official issues guidance on how to handle ULP charges and representation petitions stemming from UNITE HERE/WU dispute, 1041; using arbitration to resolve dispute with Workers United rejected, 15 union presidents pledge solidarity, convention, 1063; status hearing reviews ownership of UNITE HERE assets, attorney conflict of interest questioned (S.D.N.Y.), 1166; NLRB issues revised procedures for processing ULP charges stemming from dispute, 1243; UNITE HERE reaffiliates with AFL-CIO, Wilhelm named to executive council, committee, AFL-CIO convention, 1519
– Driver's Privacy Protection Act, challenge to whether union violated act by using motor vehicle records to get Cintas employees' home addresses during organizing drive (3d Cir.), 483; Cintas employees not entitled to punitive damages, UNITE HERE request for jury trial denied (3d Cir.), 1344
– Gateway Packaging, Local 383T status as bargaining representative not affected by disaffiliation (NLRB), 1255
– Host Intl., Tampa Airport workers elect Workers United, 1246
– Local 1

– – Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, alderman violated NLRA by denying operating permit to hotel being struck by union (N.D. Ill.), 1588
– – Hyatt, Hilton, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Chicago employees decry standoff in bargaining talks, 1409; employees picket downturn, lobby for passage of city law to disclose labor disputes, 1503; sitdowns held to protest disputes, arrests made, 1541; City Council declines to act on ordinance to disclose labor disputes to consumers, 1694

– Local 2, San Francisco hotel employees protest to mark pact expiration, health care top issue, 1409; employees hold nonviolent sitdowns to protest labor disputes, arrests made, 1541; workers approve strike authorization, 1709
– Local 6, N.Y. Hotel and Motel Trades Council face arbitration for resisting pay and benefit cuts, 591
– Local 11

– – Disneyland hotel workers reject pact offer due to health care changes, 241; pact rejected, 1289
– – Radisson L.A. Airport Hotel, owner signs first pact, 596

– Locals 34, 35, pact with Yale Univ. ratified, 594
– Local 54

– – Bally's Park Place, Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah's Atlantic City, Showboat Atlantic City, pact ratified, 1541
– – Jurisdictional raids, members picket SEIU headquarters over, 671

– Local 122, Starbucks baristas cannot be accreted in preexisting bargaining unit (NLRB), 1554
– Local 863, Greenbrier Hotel files for bankruptcy, cites “extraordinary” labor costs, sale to Marriott Hotel Servs. underway (Bankr. E.D. Va.), 477; pacts approved, 718; bankruptcy claim dismissed, hotel operating under new ownership and amended union pacts (E.D. Va.), 852
– Reaffiliation with AFL-CIO, general executive board votes to reaffiliate with AFL-CIO and disaffiliate with CTW, SEIU interference cited, 427; UNITE HERE reaffiliates with AFL-CIO, Wilhelm named to executive council, committee, AFL-CIO convention, 1519
– Workers United Conf. of SEIU

See WORKERS UNITED

UNITED AMERICAN NURSES-NATIONAL NURSES ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE (UAN/NNOC)

– New national union for RNs, CNA/NNOC, MNA and UAN plan to form, 273; delegates agree to more talks, 429; CNA/NNOC vote to join Natl. Nurses United (NNU), 1455; NNU combines 3 nurses union, convention will be held in Dec. in Ariz., 1458

UNIVERSITIES

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT (UMTA)

– Dallas Area Rapid Transit, ruling that DART immune from ATU Local 1338 grievance challenging wages left standing (U.S., rev den), 931

USAPA

See PILOTS (USAPA)

USCIS

See CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS)

USDA

See AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT (USDA)

USERRA (UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT)

– Veterans' job rights

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 466, HR 1089

USPS

See POSTAL SERVICE (USPS)

USW

See STEELWORKERS (USW)

UTAH

– Guest worker program, employer sponsored, gov. signs resolution seeking waivers, 456
– Legal status verification legislation adopted, 299; gov. signs bill, 578
– Secret ballot, business-backed group announces campaign urging states to adopt constitutional amendments requiring for union representation, 70; state secret ballot initiatives prompt debate over NLRA preemption and constitutionality, attorneys say, Analysis and Perspective, 533

UTILITIES

– Ala. Power workers and IBEW ratify pact, 1407
– Duke Energy, vote on tentative pact with IBEW Local 1347 slated for Apr. 24, 597; pact ratified, 677
– Edison Elec. Inst., challenge to OSHA standard limiting permissible exposure to hexavalent chromium denied (3d Cir.), 370
– Massey Energy ordered to hire 85 miners pending NLRB's ULP ruling, court's refusal to order UMWA recognition and bargaining affirmed (S.D.W. Va.), 1094; subsidiary ordered to cease and desist ULPs, hire, recognize, bargain with union (NLRB), 1587
– Metropolitan Edison Co. and IBEW Local 777 ratify pact, 1130
– MidAm. Energy and IBEW Locals 499 and 109 ratify pact, 637
– N. Ind. Pub. Serv., USW Locals 12775 and 13796 ratify pact, 761
– OPEIU Local 19 ratify pact with FirstEnergy in exchange for extensions in pact expiration dates, 1130
– UWU, pacts with

See UTILITY WORKERS (UWU)

UTILITY WORKERS (UWU)

– Locals 118, 126, 140, 180, 270, 350, 351, 457 ratify pact with FirstEnergy in exchange for extensions in pact expiration dates, 1130
– So. Cal. Gas, pact attained, 198; pact ratified, 356

UTU

See TRANSPORTATION UNION (UTU)

UUR

See UNION OF UNION REPRESENTATIVES (UUR)

UWU

See UTILITY WORKERS (UWU)