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This article evaluates possible implications for the unionizing ability of low-wage, temporary employees caused by the August 2000 M.B. Sturgis and Jeffboat Division ruling of the National Labor Relations Board, which overturned the board's previous ruling requiring temporary workers to gain consent from agencies and employers before they could collectively bargain. Options for organizing are given, including: placing temporary workers within pre-existing unions; petitioning the employer for a collective bargaining unit comprised of temporary workers either alone or with full-time workers; or petitioning the agency for a unit for temporary employees.
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The M.B. Sturgis and Jeffboat Division ruling issued by The National Labor Relations Board in August 2000, is briefly explained. The scope of temporary agency workers' representational rights is examined.
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The workplace safety conditions in Atlanta's construction industry are examined in light of growing presence of temporary staffing in the industries. Using data from surveys of building contractors, temporary staffing agencies, and temp workers, the ways in which the use of agency-supplied temps by construction workers subverts workplace health and safety regulations is explored, thereby exposing the construction workers to heightened risk of injury.
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