Interview with the experts at Chamber of Digital Commerce, Initially Published by ConsenSys Media: Trends in Tokenization with the EEA and Chamber of Digital Commerce The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry, alongside the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance enterprise blockchain technology, recently announced [...]
The previous installment in our series on labor law issues for the transit employer considering automation discussed the Federal Transit Act. That Act, in part, requires advance notice of proposed changes that may result in the dismissal or displacement of employees, or rearrangement of the working forces covered by the agreement as a result of projects subject to the Act. This final installment discusses notice requirements under other laws and agreements.
As part of our series on labor law issues for the transit employer considering automation, we turn now to the Federal Transit Act.
In order to acquire, improve or operate a mass transit system, perhaps as part of an effort to automate, a transit authority may seek a construction grant or loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Authority (FTA) under the Federal Transit Act. The Act requires, as a precondition to receiving a grant or loan, that an applicant enter into a “protective arrangement” with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that provides for the preservation of certain employment rights and benefits of mass transit workers.
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Last week, we introduced the duty of transit systems to bargain with labor unions over the decision to implement automation, robotics or artificial intelligence and over the effects of such a decision. That post discussed three statutory and contractual sources of the duty to bargain and the transit employers to whom the duty applies. Today, we discuss potential subjects for which an employer and union must bargain and steps an employer can take now to better position itself to automate.
New research suggests mainframe technology is a key part of many business’ blockchain plans Go by the standard cliché, and mainframe technology is legacy and for the past, whilst blockchain is cutting edge and the future. Never the twain shall meet. But the reality is very different, with fresh research revealing that the two are […]
When a transit authority considers automation, a duty to bargain with labor over the decision to automate and a duty to bargain over the effects of the decision may arise. The source of the duty may be one of three types of labor laws that govern the transit employment relationship: the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Railway Labor Act (RLA) or state-specific public sector collective bargaining statutes. This post will discuss the duty to bargain generally. Next week's post will review subjects over which an employer may be required to bargain and steps an employer can take now to better position itself to automate.
