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Legal Analysis of the Application of Employment Laws to Native American Reservations

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Litigation

Amid all of the buzz regarding the union representation campaigns at Foxwoods, one argument keeps being floated about: tribal sovereignty. A new article by Thomas Meiklejohn — one of the attorneys representing the UAW in its battle to represent workers at Foxwoods — in Spring edition of the Labor & Employment Law Quarterly (not online)… Continue Reading

Foxwoods Union Election Update: Workers Reject Engineers Union

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Litigation

It’s been a little while since we last checked in with the unionization efforts at Foxwoods.  The appeal process of the election of UAW has begun its slow arduous process so don’t expect to hear much on this for weeks or months at a time. But in the meantime, various other groups have been vying… Continue Reading