Rallies to dramatize the role of the immigrant worker in the United States brought to the forefront an ongoing issue under the National Labor Relations Act – When are political actions sufficiently related to workplace concerns that they are protected concerted activities under Section 7 of the Act? Distinguished management and union counsel examine and discuss this timely topic.

Concerted Activity—The Intersection Between Political Activity and Section 7 Rights
Paul E. Bateman

A Touch of “Class”— Immigration and the Intersection of Politics and Protected Section 7 Activity
Wesley Kennedy and Angie M. Cowan

Presented at the 35th Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Committee on the Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act, March 5, 2007.