Amicus Brief of Labor Relations and Research Center, U. Mass., Amherst in Browning-Ferris, NLRB RC-109684

Amicus brief submitted by the Labor Relations and Research Center, University of Massachusetts to the National Labor Relations Board in the representation case of Brown-Ferris Industries, Leadpoint Business Services and Local 350, Teamsters, RC-109684. The brief provides a socio-legal argument for the joint-employer status of the temporary staffing agency and its user clients under federal labor law and the duty of both employers to bargain with joint-employed temp workers who seek union representation and a collective bargaining agreement