National Institute for Labor Relations Research - News Releases

New Law to Have Major Impact on Employee-Employer Relations in Utah’s Public Schools

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Subsection (4) Precludes Monopoly Bargaining, Favoritism, and/or Endorsement of a Union as a Future Option

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) sent out letters to Utah Public and Private School Superintendents, informing them of the impact of a recently-passed Utah legislation affecting employee-employer relations within the state. See sample letter attached.

For further information on the subject, or a copy of the book Stranglehold, mentioned in the letter, see contact information below.

Contact:

Stan Greer, senior research associate, 703-321-9606
Linda Staulcup, research associate, 703-770-2203

In North Dakota "Opportunity Knocks"

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

North Dakota has a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the rest of the country what can be accomplished by switching from an exclusive-union-bargaining system in public education to a system in which there is room for individual bargaining.

In a letter (see attached), mailed out last week to School Superintendents throughout the state, National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) Senior Research Associate Stan Greer laid out what could be a historic opportunity presented by the North Dakota Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Kenmare Education Association v. Kenmare Public School District No. 28, 2006 ND 136.

Big Labor-Funded Study to Promote Coercive “Top Down” Organizing is Debunked by Research Institute

Fri, 6 Jan 2006 01:00:00 -0500

Study prepared for union front group uses twisted facts and logic to dupe media and promote anti-worker legislation designed to stifle worker choice

Washington, DC. (January 6, 2006) – The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has just released a paper that exposes a dishonest research study prepared for the union front group “American Rights at Work” (ARAW) as the product of “academic apologists for top-down organizing” who “ignore basic facts” and rely on “twisted logic” to promote its lobbying agenda.