Credit Hours: 3 hours Course Instructor: Carlos Alá Santiago Rivera

PUAD 6019 - LABOR RELATIONS
Credit Hours: 3 hours
Course Instructor:
Carlos Alá Santiago Rivera, Ph.D.
Prerequisites: All core courses
Course Objectives in relation to total curriculum
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The course will enable students to:
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Familiarize the students with legal doctrines and policies that regulate labor
relations.
Comprehend the State’s social labor policy.
Understand the differences between public and private labor laws and policies
Command the labor rules of our labor relations system.
Understand the relation between labor relations and civil rights, social values and
ethics in the workplace
Prepare students to discuss the impact of topics discuss in class on the labor
movement in particular and upon society as a whole.
Course Description
Legal doctrines that regulate labor relations and their role as instruments of social policy. Topics
such as strikes, picketing, use of injunctions, conflicts between rival unions, and collective
bargaining, its nature and legal status within government; arbitration and mediation, their
characteristics and application in government.
Major Topics
Introduction; Labor Relations System; Key Players in Labor Relations; The Constitution
(Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and State Social Policy Regarding Organized Labor; Government
Policy on Organized Labor; Labor Union Organization; Processes of Representation; Anti-Labor
Union Campaigns; Conflicts Between Unions; Right to Collective Bargaining; Management of
Collective Bargaining Agreements; Coordinated Activities: Strikes; Coordinated Activities:
Pickets; Reemergence of the Use of Injunctions; Alternate Methods: Mediation and Arbitration,
Compulsory Arbitration.
Typical Texts and Readings
AFF vs. JRT, 101 DPR 670 (1973)
Ceferino Pérez vs. A.F.E., 87 DPR 118 (1963)
CFSE vs. Unión de Médicos, 2007 DPR 35
CFSE vs. Unión de Médicos, 2007 DPR 35
Cooper, L.J., Bognanno, M.F., Befort, S. (2015). More Than We Have Ever Known About
Discipline and Discharge in Labor Arbitration: An Empirical Study. Vandeplas
Publishing.
ILO (2015). Collective Bargaining: a policy guide. International Labour Office, Geneva.
Cuadrado vs. JRT, 87 DPR 700
Grenig, J. Scanza, R. (2013). Case Preparation and Presentation: A Guide for Arbitration
Advocates and Arbitrators. New York: JurisNet.
Grenig, J., Scanza, R. (2011). Fundamentals of Labor Arbitration. New York: JurisNet
JRT vs. ACAA, 107 DPR 85 (1978)
JRT vs. N.Y. S. P. R. Steam Ship, 69 DPR 782 (1949)
Kearney, R.C. y Mareschal, P. (2014). Living with the Contract. En Labor Relations in the Public
Sector. Capítulo 10. 305-336. Florida: CRC Press.
Ley Relaciones del Trabajo de Puerto Rico, Art. 9 (2) (C)
Luce & Co. v. Junta de Relaciones del Trabajo, 86 DPR 425 (1962)
Nolan, D. (2007). Labor and Employment Arbitration in a Nutshell. Minnesota: Thomson West.
Revista del Trabajo, Departamento del Trabajo, 2002. “La Mediación en las Disputas Laborales”
– Lcdo. Ruy Delgado Zayas – págs. 28 – 44.
Roberto Pagán y Otros vs. Fundación Hospital Dr. Pila, 114 DPR 224 (1983)
Textile Workers vs. Lincoln Mill, 353 U.S. 448 (1975)
Vélez v. Servicios Legales de PR, Inc., 144 DPR 673 (1998)