Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

– LMRA

See LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (LMRA)

– NLRA

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

TAXATION

– Case summaries, 135

TCU

See TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS (TCU)

TEACHERS

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

TEACHERS (AFT)

– Case summaries, 483
– Health and Allied Professionals affiliate, first pact with South Jersey Healthcare ratified, 7
– Rutgers Univ., Union of Rutgers Administrators ratified first pact

See TEACHERS (AFT)

TEAMSTERS (IBT)

– Case summaries, 195; 267; 315; 363
– First Student, elections of Little Rock, Ark. and Willingboro, N.J. school bus drivers won, 102
– Local 317, union wins runoff election for Borg-Warner workers over incumbent IAM Local 2001, 55
– Trucking Mgmt., 5 year Nat'l Master Agreement and most regional pacts ratified, 244
– United Airlines, CTW supports union campaign to represent mechanics, 172; mechanics oust AMFA, seek representation by union, 411

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 249; 252
– Cincinnati Bell, pact attained with CWA Locals 4400 and 4401, 220
– Ill. Bell Telephone, recognition clause in IBEW pact could trigger arbitration (U.S., rev den), Special Report, 381
– Sprint, admissibility of testimony from other RIF'd workers who reported to other supervisors in age bias claim addressed (U.S., oral arg), 31; case among issues to be addressed in 2007-8 term, Special Report, 211; no rule on admissibility of age-related remarks to other workers, requires context-specific inquiry (dec), 295; decision anticlimactic, little guidance on admissibility of evidence offered, practitioners tell ABA, Special Report, 429

TELECOMMUTING

– ADA, EEOC official elaborates on potential bias issues, discusses Sup. Ct. case where denial could be basis of claim, 442
– Privacy and security controls, letting workers telecommute has positive effects but firms fail to extend controls to offsite work, 426

TELEVISION

– Broadcast

See BROADCASTING INDUSTRY

– Cable and satellite

See CABLE AND SATELLITE SERVICES

TEMPORARY AGENCIES

– Case summaries, 152; 251
– Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 493

– Renhill Staffing Servs., accord with applicants who are black or over 40 and those retaliated against for objecting approved (N.D. Ind.), 489

TENNESSEE

– Case summaries, 444
– Nashville & Davidson Cty., DOJ supports review of ruling Title VII does not cover that worker fired after cooperating in sexual harassment investigation (U.S., rev sought), 131; DOJ advises review (rev grant), 177; case among issues to be addressed in 2007-8 term, Special Report, 211; reversal likely after review of unpublished opinion on Solicitor Gen. recommendation, Special Report, 429

TESTING

– Drugs and alcohol

See DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

– Hiring, employers must take steps to ensure tests are valid, OFCCP and EEOC officials say, 393; more suits expected as more tests used to screen applicants, more OFCCP and EEOC scrutiny for bias likely , 420
– Race bias, Solicitor General invited to express opinion on whether N.Y.C. Sch. Bd. can be held liable (U.S., briefs sought), 62
– Staking engineers, test did not meet minimum standards for assessing applicant's ability to do job (Arb.), 428

TEXAS

– Case summaries, 135; 150

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 272

THEATERS

See ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES (IATSE)

– Case summaries, 243
– Local 1, League of Am. Theatres and Producers pact ratified, 53

TIMELINESS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

TIPS

– Case summaries, 156; 350; 445
– Pooling, Starbucks barristas required to share tips with supervisors get restitution (Cal. Super. Ct.), 398

TIRE INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 387

TITLE VII DISCRIMINATION

See also specific form of discrimination
– Case handling, EEOC eliminating rules dismissing when charging party cannot be located, fails to cooperate, or fails to accept full remedy, 180
– Case summaries, 10
– Fair Pay Restoration Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1843

TORTS

– Case summaries, 135; 277; 415
– Defamation

See DEFAMATION

– Negligence

See NEGLIGENCE

TRADE SECRETS

– Case summaries, 324
– Fiduciary breach, workers who disclosed confidential data to profit from sale of consulting firm must pay damages (5th Cir.), 14
– Misappropriation, DuPont scientist who plead guilty sentenced (D. Del.), 17
– Safeguarding, corporate policies more important as workers more mobile and tools for compromising data expand, panel says, 112

TRAINING

– Apprentices

See APPRENTICES

– Case summaries, 367; 469
– Federal workers, agencies sending to private firms must provide sign language interpreters, EEOC opinion letter, 36
– Science, technology, engineering, and math, DOL seeking grant applications, 257
– Workforce development programs, benefits outweigh costs, more should be invested, professor tells House panel, 302

TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES

– Case summaries, 291; 441; 493
– Seniority, worker who moved from operations to maintenance cannot get from time of hire upon return (Arb.), 403

TRANSFER OF WORK

– Bargaining unit work, no ULP in processor moving duck parts cutting to nearby facility where supported by legitimate business reason and past practice (Arb.), 234

TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS

See GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

TRANSPORT WORKERS (TWU)

– Amtrak, pact attained, possible strike averted, 174

TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS (TCU)

– Amtrak, pact attained, possible strike averted, 174

TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

– Airlines

See AIR TRANSPORTATION

– Railroads

See RAILROADS

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)