Critical Perspectives on Labor and the Law

LABST

310

Critical Perspectives on Labor and the Law

The course will examine primary (case) and secondary (commentary) materials on the legislative, administrative, and contextual aspects of labor law, particularly as they pertain to collective bargaining and union organization. The course will be divided into three parts: (1) U.S. Law and Labor Relations (including an examination of institutional and sociological aspects of law); (2) a survey of the history and current status of labor law and labor relations, and a comparative overview of labor law and labor relations; (3) current problems in labor law, with an emphasis on practical application. Throughout the semester, we will ask questions such as: How do these laws emerge and change, and how does their existence and enforcement (or lack of it) impact workers and labor relations? How do workers act individually and collectively to navigate, challenge, or make use of the sometimes conflicting constraints and protections of the law? What are today’s most pressing issues in labor law?

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes