The Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (more widely known as Foxwoods) and the UAW at Foxwoods have issued a joint press release moments ago that they have "reached a historic agreement to negotiate a union contract under Tribal Law, without either party waiving their rights under federal law."
The agreement comes after the parties agreed earlier this
Last Friday, I reported on a late-breaking agreement to discuss labor matters between the UAW and Foxwoods. Since that time, media reports have been wide with editorials discussing the matter as well..jpg)
The Day has been leading the way with a few reports/editorials:
While most people are focusing on Connecticut’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriages, word leaked out late today that the UAW and Foxwoods agreed to enter into discussions for a possible labor agreement. (For background on the UAW/Foxwoods dispute, see prior blog coverage here.)
The joint press release — issued at 4:30 EST — is brief
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
The NLRB’s hearing into Foxwoods’ objections to the union election continues this week. The latest issue to resurface is one that has surfaced before — tribal sovereignty. As I’ve said previously, I believe this is the type of "big picture" issue that may ultimately take this case up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Because the case
The first day of the hearing into some of Foxwoods’ objections to the November election began on Tuesday. Among the arguments being raised by Foxwoods in this particular hearing is the argument that certain tactics taken by the union were unfair and the ballots improper because they were not in Chinese. The UAW has
While the mainstream press has been reporting on the upcoming hearing tomorrow on some of Foxwoods’ o
bjections to the election, Foxwoods has also been challenging the Regional Director’s decision on December 21, 2007 rejecting the other objections raised by Foxwoods. Thus, readers should be aware that reporting on the hearing tomorrow is only one
Readers of the blog will no doubt know that the battle for unionization at Foxwoods Resort Casino is one of the most significant labor issues in Connecticut in many years. A hearing on the tribe’s objections to the election of UAW is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Januay 15th, which I’ve discussed before.