In this webinar, Professor Ariana Levinson will discuss legal issues relating to union labor law in the context of cooperatives, with a focus on the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The presentation will review relevant labor law issues from the lens of co-op members and employees considering converting to a multi-stakeholder co-op and/or unionizing. It will then focus on the NLRA law governing when employee committees are prohibited.
Learning objectives:
After this webinar, you will be able to:
a. Recall what the NLRA is and the types of situations it covers;
b. Identify considerations relevant to deciding whether to empower workers through multi-stakeholder co-ops, unionization, or both;
c. Explain the types of employee committees that are prohibited in a non-union co-op.
Optional pre-reading for this webinar includes:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 4 (2022)
"Union Co-ops and the Revival of Labor Law," by Ariana Levinson, from 462 CARDOZO J. OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION [Vol. 19:453]
“Cooperative Ownership and the Fair Labor Standards Act,” by Ariana Levinson & Chad Eisenback, from 2021 MICH. ST. L. REV. 73
Presenter:
Ariana Levinson is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law whose scholarship and teaching focus on labor and employment law issues and practical legal skills. Ariana is a fellow in the Rutgers School of Management & Labor Relations Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership & Profit Sharing. She has published five law review articles, and several news and policy briefs, about cooperatives. Her latest article about union co-ops was recently published in the Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal.
Prior to teaching at Brandeis School of Law, Ariana taught at USC Gould School of Law and at UCLA School of Law. She clerked for the Honorable John G. Davies (United States District Court, Central District of California) and for the Honorable Myra C. Selby (Supreme Court of Indiana) and practiced labor law, including serving as a fellow for the AFL-CIO's Legal Department. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. During law school, she served as a contributing editor on the Michigan Law Review and was awarded the Robert S. Feldman Labor Law Award for the most outstanding work in that field. She has also received a faculty favorite award from the University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning multiple times. She was awarded a University Distinguished Teaching Award in Recognition of Exemplary Teaching in 2019.
