Description
Session 10 — Grievance and Arbitration Procedures
Establishing system boards of adjustment on airlines; the functioning of the National Railroad Adjustment Board and parallel arbitral tribunals on airlines; tribunal operations; responsibilities of carriers and labor organizations in presenting grievances to arbitrators; arbitration case theories and tactics; analysis of "minor disputes" and "major disputes" or interest arbitration; whether System Boards should or must be used before the first agreement is reached
Session 11 — Judicial Enforcement of the Railway Labor Act and "Unfair Labor Practices": Is There "Protected Activity" Under the RLA?
Session 12 — International Labor and Employment Issues: International Conflicts
Extraterritorial application of the RLA and other U.S. civil rights and employment laws; application of U.S. law to foreign carriers; the Act of State Doctrine; foreign ownership and outsourcing; carrier jurisdiction in the U.S. and abroad and other issues (such as RLA coverage over U.S.-based employees of foreign carriers; the Norwegian Air and Ryan Air models; the impact of Middle East carriers in the U.S.)
This highly-rated advanced conference allows you to examine labor-management relations in the airline and railroad industries and the relationship among individual employees, their unions, their employers, and governmental and judicial regulation.
The premier faculty includes the chairman and current members of the National Mediation Board and staff, other mediators and arbitrators, and representatives of carriers, labor organizations, and individual employees.
Topics include:
• The roles of election campaigns
• Tactics in the negotiation and mediation processes
• Grievance and arbitration procedures
• International conflicts and carrier jurisdiction
• Affiliations, mergers, and consolidations
• Labor relations under the bankruptcy code
• Drones, single pilot, Hyperloop, and space technology: what laws apply; new legislation; the creation of new jobs and/or unions
• The significance of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Epic Systems Corp., Masterpiece Cakeshop, Janus and Wisconsin Central
See CLE State Accreditation for credit details.
If you are licensed in New York, this content is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced New York attorneys. Although, this content is appropriate for all New York attorneys, newly admitted attorneys cannot earn CLE credit for the completion of the course when presented via on-demand.