p.443). .
Employees may unionize either by signing a sufficient number of authorization cards, by voting in a union during a union representation election supervised by the NLRB, or by the NLRB ordering the employer to bargain with a union (Bennett, Hartman, 2001. p.444). Under NLRA, an employer is required to bargain in good faith with union representatives about wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment (Bennett, Hartman, 2001. p.445). If all goes well, bargaining between labor and management results in a collective bargaining agreement (Bennett, Hartman, 2001. p.451). If both parties cannot reach an agreement, the union members may "stop working- and strike as a form of protest. The employer can engage in a lockout, and close the premises or employ non-union workers. .
Cases.
In BARTNICKI v. VOPPER, aka WILLIAMS, during collective-bargaining negotiations between a union representing teachers at a Pennsylvania high school and the local school board, an unidentified person intercepted and recorded a cell phone conversation between the chief union negotiator and the union president. After the parties accepted a nonbinding arbitration proposal generally favorable to the teachers, respondent Vopper, a radio commentator, played a tape of the intercepted conversation on his public affairs talk show in connection with news reports about the settlement. (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/000/99%2D1687.html) .
In Beck v. Pruips, racketeering charges are addressed:.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) creates a civil cause of action for any person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962. Petitioner is a former president, CEO, director, and shareholder of Southeastern Insurance Group (SIG). Respondents are former senior officers and directors of SIG who allegedly conspired to and did engage in acts of racketeering.