Detroit Edison Co v NLRB

Detroit Edison Co v NLRB, 440 US 301 (1979) is a US labor law case, concerning the right to organize.

Detroit Edison Co v NLRB
CourtUS Supreme Court
Citation(s)440 US 301 (1979)
Keywords
Right to organize

Facts

The union claimed that it had the right, for collective bargaining, to information about the employer’s testing program. It had a test battery the employer used, and scores of individual employees. There was a grievance over whether an employer breached a seniority clause in a collective agreement, hiring outside instead of internal promotions.

Judgment

The Supreme Court, 5 to 4, struck down the National Labor Relations Board order giving the union the access to data. Providing individual test scores went too far, and should only be available with individual employee consent.

Stevens, White, Brennan, Marshall J dissented.

gollark: If you go out of your way to do exactly the opposite of what "rules" say, they have as much control over you as they do on someone who does exactly what the rules *do* say.
gollark: I'm glad you're making sure to violate norms in socially approved ways which signify you as "out there" or something.
gollark: > if you can convince them that their suffering benefits other people, then they'll happily submit to itI am not convinced that this is actually true of people, given any instance of "selfishness" etc. ever.
gollark: Yes, you can only make something optimize effectively for good if you can define what that is rigorously, and people haven't yet and wouldn't agree on it.
gollark: Ignore them, they are clearly the government.

See also
  • US labor law

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