The workplace constitution from the New Deal to the New Right /

"Today, most Americans lack constitutional rights on the job. Instead of enjoying free speech or privacy, they can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all. This book uses history to explain why. It takes readers back to the 1930s and 1940s when advocates across the political spectrum...

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Main Author: Lee, Sophia Z. (Sophia Zoila), 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Series:Studies in legal history
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Table of Contents:
  • Liberals forge a workplace constitution in the courts
  • Agencies discover the liberal workplace constitution
  • Conservatives create a workplace constitution in the courts
  • Liberals test the workplace constitution in the courts
  • Agencies consider the liberal workplace constitution
  • Conservatives pursue the workplace constitution in the courts
  • Agencies recognize the liberal workplace constitution in the new frontier
  • The liberal workplace constitution on the air and over the wires
  • The NLRB expands the liberal workplace constitution
  • Conservatives reject the liberal workplace constitution
  • Liberals rethink the workplace constitution
  • Conservatives unite the workplace constitution
  • The conservative workplace constitution divides the new right coalition