JURIST Special Guest Columnists Nancy Wohlforth and Fred Mason, Co-Convenors of U.S. Labor Against the War, say that the proposed Iraqi oil law would put effective control of most of Iraq's vast oil resources into the hands of foreign companies...
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The European Court of Justice ruled against a Swedish trade union Tuesday, finding that it illegally blocked a Latvian construction company from completing a job in Sweden when the company refused to...
Federal appeals court upholds DOD collective bargaining agreement ban
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has the right to decide which issues it will negotiate with labor unions, according to a Friday decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official...
The US, Australia and David Hicks: Abandoning the Rule of Law
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks before a US military commission has demonstrated the disturbing willingness of two allegedly democratic governments to abandon the rule...
The US Senate voted 51-48 Wednesday to adopt an amendment to a new anti-terror bill , weakening union rights that would be granted to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners under the bill. President Bush...
Bush to veto anti-terror bill if TSA labor union provision included
The White House said Tuesday that President Bush will veto a new anti-terror bill if it contains a provision which would allow Transportation Security Administration airport screeners to unionize. While other federal employees already have similar union...
NHL labor battle continues as second post-lockout season opens
As the National Hockey League opened its 2006-2007 season this week, the lockout that wiped out the entire 04-05 slate has reared its head again in the form of a lawsuit filed against the players'...
Andrew Wood : "Cambodia's role in the Textile and Garment (T&G) industry has only recently developed into the nation's largest export industry. With Cambodia's first garment factories opened in 1994, the industry...
Supreme Court rules in RICO, speedy trial, civil service cases
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a company cannot bring a claim under s.1962(c) of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) alleging that a competitor fraudulently failed to collect...
Pilots union finally settles with Northwest, avoiding rejection of collective agreement
After nearly five days of round-the-clock negotiations in New York City, bankrupt Northwest Airlines (NWA) has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union, NWA officials announced Friday. The pilots' union, the Northwest Airlines Air...