Sentences with phrase «secondary boycott»

Served as trial counsel for a major national manufacturer in a lengthy NLRB proceeding in which the client prevailed on bad faith bargaining, secondary boycott and threat of violence charges against the Teamsters Union, secured three separate federal court injunctions against the Union and won an unprecedented award of attorneys» fees and litigation costs [reported at 334 NLRB No. 137]

The divestment campaign would amount to an unlawful secondary boycott if environmental activists were covered by those [anti-boycott] laws.

Following some Twitter discussion (must get Storify working properly for things like this) Chris Berg pointed to a piece he'd written arguing against such a use of secondary boycott legislation (and against such legislation in general).

It may be S.D.'s attempt to give his paymasters an idea as to what changes in law would be required because he writes conditionally: «The divestment campaign would amount to an unlawful secondary boycott if environmental activists were covered by those [anti-boycott] laws.

If schedule 6 of this bill were to become law, the maximum penalty for a secondary boycott would be nearly 800 times higher than the maximum penalty for unprotected industrial action.

If enacted, the maximum penalty for a secondary boycott would be nearly 800 times higher than the maximum penalty for unprotected industrial action.

This increase to the maximum penalty for a secondary boycott is out of step with similar legislation concerning unprotected industrial relations activity.

The AFR reports this morning that the draft Harper report, to be released today, will recommend opening more health and education to business, to relax local planning rules and to propose the ACC report on secondary boycott investigations.

I have also created a table detailing the submissions here - a surprising number focus on secondary boycott exemptions!

See ACCC Media Release, «ACCC takes court action against the CFMEU alleging secondary boycott and undue harassment or coercion» (20 November 2014) See also Michael Janda, «ACCC launches court action against CFMEU for Boral secondary boycott» (ABC News, 20 November 2014)

This bill contains one of those in the increases in penalties for secondary boycotts.

So the idea that the government has to use this piece of legislation to recommend increasing penalties on unions for secondary boycotts by — as the shadow Assistant Treasurer reminds me — 800 times the current penalty does smack of some excessiveness on behalf of even this government.

For more than 25 years, Richard has advised U.S. corporations with regard to a wide variety of complex labor relations matters, such as large - scale union organizing and decertification campaigns, strikes and secondary boycotts, union jurisdictional disputes, and successor employer claims.

We pursue claims against unions and their representatives when our clients have been subjected to illegal secondary boycotts or criminal activity.

Not exact matches

TEACHERS are threatening to boycott controversial classroom tests for primary and secondary pupils.

The decision by two teacher unions in 2010 to shun national primary tests at key stage 2 appears to be negatively impacting secondary schools that taught large numbers of pupils caught in the boycott.

The betting here is that Fannie Mae and other secondary loan buyers will join Freddie Mac in the boycott of NY subprimes.