Doctoral Dissertation Research: Old Rights, New Movements: Collective Rights and the Contemporary US Labor Movement

这项研究调查了现有的权利是如何通过“重新利用”到新的索赔振兴。这项研究的重点是工会和其他工人组织根据《国家劳动关系法》第7条提出索赔的索赔和成功率的变化，该法案也适用于目前集体谈判协议未涵盖的工人。现有的许多文献都侧重于追求或采用新的政策和新的法律，以促进更多的权利主张，而目前的项目则确定了各组织改变现有政策以提高成功率和改善动员的机制。 此外，在现有的文献中，研究调查是否机构的特点，包括存在或不存在特定的运动相关的机构，解释索赔和成功率的变化。因此，目前的项目有可能在社会法律研究的几个现有领域中获得新的见解和理论进步。该研究计划依赖于对自2000年以来根据《国家劳动关系法》提出的索赔案件结果的统计分析，对相关的国家劳动关系委员会文件的文本分析，以及对工人组织工作人员和国家劳动关系委员会官员的采访。

This research investigates how existing rights are reinvigorated through "re-purposing" into new claims. The research focuses on variation in claiming and success rates by unions and other worker organizations who pursue claims under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, which also applies to workers not covered under current collective bargaining agreements. Much of the existing literature has focused on the pursuit or introduction of new policies and new laws as a catalyst to greater rights claiming, whereas the current project identifies the mechanisms by which organizations transform existing policies to permit enhanced success and improved mobilization. Moreover, in contrast to much of the existing literature, the research investigates whether institutional characteristics, including the presence or absence of specific movement-related institutions, explains the variation in claiming and success rates. As such, the current project has the potential of new insights and theoretical advance across several existing fields in socio-legal studies. The research plan relies on statistical analysis of case outcomes of claims brought under the National Labor Relations Act since 2000, textual analysis of associated National Labor Relations Board documents, and interviews with both worker organization staff and National Labor Relations Board officials.