ABSTRACT
The current debate in academic and business circles in the United States over section 8(a)(2), the National Labor Relations Act’s ban on “domi nated” labor organizations (company unions), the fact of dramatic union decline in the United States, and the post-NAFTA atmosphere in labor rela tions that features employer confidence, manage ment aggressiveness against unions, an active search for a nonunion environment either through plant shutdowns or the encouragement of non union representation forms, has heightened busi ness interest and renewed curiosity about com pany unions.
