Card check recognition: new house rules for union organizing?
I. INTRODUCTION A significant policy debate has been occurring regarding union organizing methods in the United States. This debate focuses on the appropriateness of granting union recognition based on majority support as demonstrated by union authorization card signatures, also known as "card checking." (1) Critics describe the...

P/$ rate closes at P41.64/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P41.64 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P41.76 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P41.681 from P41.756. Total volume amounted to $ 583.975 million. Farmers can now import rice...

Students feel effects of teachers dispute; `Work to rule' limits hours of educators.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - A high school freshman told the School Committee last night that students are suffering because of the bitter dispute between the town and the teachers union. Ricky Packer said he doesn't know much about the financial situation; he just knows...

Aligning traditional collective bargaining with nontraditional labor relations. (Labor-Management Relations).
When, where, and why to choose consensual methods of dispute resolution and traditional collective bargaining approaches-provided you have the choice. Collaboration and consensual methods of employment dispute resolution have emerged in federal sector labor relations as an alternative to traditional, rights-based collective bargaining. In many circumstances, such...

Making Labor-Management Relations Integral to the Management Process: The Interagency Labor Relations Forum (ILRF) seeks a dialogue among federal labor relations practitioners and other interested parties. (Labor-Management Relations).
This article is the first in a series that represents KI the collective thoughts of senior labor relations practitioners who attended two ILRF retreats in Shepherdstown, WV in July 2000 and January 2001. Ken Smith, currently the deputy director, Workforce Relations Division, Internal Revenue Service, and previously a labor...

Ex-solon named to Labor Relations Commission by President Arroyo.
Former labor sector representative Ernesto C. Verceles has been appointed commissioner of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The appointment was announced last May 1 by Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas during the celebration of Labor Day by the Federation of Free...

Good practices in labor-management cooperation in unionized establishments.
Byline: Dean JORGE V. SIBAL, UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations SOCIAL partnership in industrial relations (IR) is practiced through various mechanisms and approaches designed for workplace productivity and decent work. In unionized workplaces in the Philippines, the most widely used is the labor-management cooperation (LMC)...

CA annuls award of back pay to 211 ex-LRTA workers.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN The Court of Appeals (CA) has ruled that the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), being a government-owned corporation, is not liable to pay P229 million in separation pay and backwages awarded by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) to 211 employees who were...

FedEx pays $253K to settle dispute; Agreement paves way for union election.
Byline: Martin Luttrell NORTHBORO - FedEx Home Delivery and the National Labor Relations Board have reached an agreement awarding more than $253,000 to five present and former workers, a settlement which also clears the way for a union election in February. Four former workers and...

NLRB backs R-G e-mail policy.
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran Dec. 28, 2007): City/Region: A story on Page C1 on Sunday on a National Labor Relations Board decision in a case involving The Register-Guard's e-mail policy incorrectly stated the position of the National Employment Lawyers Association. The association filed a...