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9 Lab. & Emp. L. 1 (1978-1979)

handle is hein.journals/laboemplo9 and id is 1 raw text is: he Labor Relations Law LeferQ SeCtiOn 01 Labor Relalions Law Of the Amwrlcan Bar Associalon 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, Illinois 60637 VOLUME IX, NUMBER 1, APRIL 1978 CHAIRMAN'S COMMENT As we head into the home stretch of the Section year, several developments are worthy of comment. I was deeply honored to be invited by President Carter to attend the special ceremony at the White House on February 23 for the unveiling of his plan to reorganize the -s 4-;: EEO functions of various ex- ecutive agencies. This event, while personally gratifying, ac- tually was recognition of the Section in this critical area and will help to establish us as a group whose expertise should be sought when matters of Jay S. Siegel employee and labor relations of substance are in- volved. Howard Glickstein, Director of the President's Task Force on the Reorganization, had solicited the views of our EEO committee on the various proposals under consideration and it was an interesting ex- perience for the co-chairpersons of our committee and the subcommittee members who furnished input to the Task Force. As an outgrowth of the above developments, we were specifically asked by the Office of Management and Budget to submit comments on the President's Plan to the Congress. Therefore, late in March, the Section, following Council approval, publicly ex- pressed its views. Although it has become almost routine for other ABA Sections to offer comments to various governmental bodies, our Section has always refrained from doing so, primarily because we have been unable to reach a consensus. However, in line with my earlier comments that we should use our ex- pertise in areas where we can reach agreement, it was very gratifying to obtain Council agreement on a state- ment of views which was submitted to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee headed by Senator Ribicoff. The full text of the position statement approved by the Council is printed elsewhere in this Newsletter. While it may not meet with everyone's full satisfac- tion, it does represent a step in the direction of re- turning the Labor Relations Law Section to the main- stream of the ABA. The statement of views was (continued on page 5) COUNCIL VOICES LIMITED APPROVAL OF CARTER EEO PLAN President Carter's plan to reorganize the govern- ment's equal employment opportunity activities received support as greatly improving efforts to eradicate discrimination in employment, the American Bar Association's Section of Labor Rela- tions Law has told the Congress. The reorganization plan is a step in the right di- rection to better marshal the government's resources to achieve the national objective of an equal chance in employment, Jay S. Siegel, Section Chairman, said in a statement submitted to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The statement, (see, page 3 infra) which was ap- proved by the Section's Executive Council, was presented only on behalf of the 10,000-member Sec- tion. The ABA House of Delegates, the Association's policy-making body, has not taken any action on the plan. While the Section's position generally supported consolidation of responsibility for the promulgation of guidelines and the protection of the rights of in- dividuals claiming employment discrimination in non- federal contract matters in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), concern was ex- pressed over how the reorganization efforts would be administered. (continued on page 4) COUNCIL CONSIDERS FILING AMICUS BRIEF IN DANIEL CASE As this issue of the Newsletter was being prepared, the increasing concern of Section members became apparent over the outcome of the appeal in Teamsters v. Daniel, pending before the Supreme Court. As a result, the Council has given its approval to a proposal to have the Association file a brief in the case as amicus curiae. The case, out of the Seventh Circuit, 561 F.2d 1223 (1977), involves the application of the anti-fraud provisions of several major securities laws to labor-management pension funds. A brief support- ing the teamsters appeal will be prepared by the Sec- tion and filed on behalf of the Association under the special ABA procedures in such matters. Copyright @ 1978 American Bar Association Produced by the ABA Press

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