Mashantucket Tribe challenges NLRB jurisdiction on reservation

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut filed an appeal over a union election at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The tribe says the National Labor Relations Board lacks jurisdiction at the casino. The tribe also says the United Food and Commercial Workers coerced beverage employees into joining by making false claims about jobs going to tribal members.

Other unions have organized at the casino by following tribal law.

Get the Story:
Foxwoods claims union misconduct (The Norwich Bulletin 8/10)
Tribe files objections with NLRB over vote (The New London Day 8/10)

An Opinion:
Kimberly Freeman Brown: Wrong that Foxwoods contests workers' right (The New London Day 8/10)

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