Workplace Democracy for the Twenty-First Century? Rethinking a Norm of Worker Voice in the Wake of the Corporate Diversity Juggernaut

Authors

Cynthia Estlund, New York University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Nevada Law Journal

Abstract

I want to explore here the question of what workplace democracy could mean in the twenty-first century, including for the great majority of private sector workers who are destined to remain without union representation, and who perhaps do not want to take up the cudgels and go into opposition against their employer. I also want to explore whether responsible corporations might be brought on board to supply part of what workers want and need as citizens of the workplace. Inevitably that will require that we reprise aspects of the old and tired debate over reform of Section 8(a)(2) of the NLRA. But I mean to recast that debate in light of several decades of experience with the evolving norm of equal employment opportunity and corporate diversity efforts.

First Page

309

Volume

14

Publication Date

2014

Recommended Citation

Estlund, Cynthia, "Workplace Democracy for the Twenty-First Century? Rethinking a Norm of Worker Voice in the Wake of the Corporate Diversity Juggernaut" (2014). Faculty Articles. 324.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/324