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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED195045 AUTHOR: O'Reilly, James T.; Simon, Gale P.
TITLE: Unions' Rights to Company Information. Labor
Relations and Public Policy Series No. 21.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 273 p.
AVAILABILITY: Industrial Research Unit, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ($18.00;
$16.50 prepaid)
ABSTRACT: In recent years a surge of conflicting laws and
regulations have emanated from Congress, federal agencies,
and the courts concerning the right of individuals and
organizations to obtain what heretofore had been considered
private information and the right of individuals and
organizations to maintain the privacy of such information.
To answer the host of questions involved in unions' rights
to company information, the author was commissioned to make
this study. Part 1 discusses the nature of disclosure. Part
2 discusses disclosure pursuant to the National Labor
Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act, which requires employers and
employee organizations to exchange all information relevant
and useful in the collective bargaining process. Part 3
concerns the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and employer
employee relationship. The relationship of the Freedom of
Information Act and information policy is discussed in part
4. This act is a charter of rights under which members of
the public can obtain access to governmental information.
Part 5 discusses work-place chemical exposure and identity
information, and affirmative action in employment data,
both in regard to the National Labor Relations Board's
(NLRB) scope of authority. (Author/MLF)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Collective-Bargaining; Compliance-Legal;
Disclosure-; Federal-Legislation; Information-Needs; Labor
Relations; Legal-Problems; Privacy-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Confidential-Records; *Court-Litigation;
*Industry-; *Information-Dissemination; *Unions-
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