Tournament: UL Rage on the Bayou | Round: Finals | Opponent: Teurlings Catholic DW | Judge: panel
I affirm the resolution, Resolved: A just government ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike
In the existing legal framework, “an unconditional right of workers to strike” extends to all workers BUT includes narrowly-defined injunction procedures which all-but ensure that strikes that pose a clear and present danger to the public don’t happen while maintaining workers’ bargaining power
Malin 93 explains-
Martin H. Malin (Martin H. Malin is co-director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace and teaches Labor Law, Employment Discrimination, Public Sector Employees, ADR in the Workplace, and Contracts. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University's James Madison College and his J.D. from George Washington University, where he was an editor of the law review and elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 1980 after serving as law clerk to United States District Judge Robert E. DeMascio in Detroit and on the faculty of Ohio State University). Chicago-Kent College Of Law, 1993, "Public Employees' Right to Strike: Law and Experience," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol26/iss2/3/ TCHS-CS
The Illinois and Ohio...
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...the statutory procedures.
Dr. Tommy J, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Affiliated Professor of Africana Studies, and a Ray A. Rothrock Fellow at Texas AandM University; first Black JV National Debate champion (for UMKC) and was half of the first all Black CEDA team to win the Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Tournament. “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century.” 2014. TCHS-CS
Despite the pronouncement...
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...our value orientations.
However, not all instances of injustice are created equal. Our standard moral deliberations exclude people based on arbitrarily perceived differences rather than dessert. This requires ethical standards to shift towards those morally excluded by social structures to compensate for gaps in our ethical deliberation
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Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton, 6-1-99, Winter: Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych,Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas, “Structural Violence Section Introduction”,Peace, conflict, andviolence: Peace psychology in the 21st century.New York: Prentice-Hall. TCHS-CS
Finally, to recognize...
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...appreciation of diversity.
Western legal systems are failing to secure rights for workers! Union membership is at a historic low, and worker’s rights are dwindling
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Heidi Shierholz, She has a Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan; M.A., Economics, University of Michigan; M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University, B.A., Mathematics, Grinnell College She is also the president of the Economic Policy Institute and she served the Obama administration as chief economist at the Department of Labor 1-27-2020, "Weakened labor movement leads to rising economic inequality," Economic Policy Institute, https://www.epi.org/blog/weakened-labor-movement-leads-to-rising-economic-inequality TCHS-CS
The basic facts...
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... to the rich.
James Myall (James is MECEP’s lead on the inclusive economy, including research on labor issues, gender and racial equity, and health care policy. James conducts research and impact analyses, writes educational materials, and collaborates with partners. He is skilled in data collection, research, and statistical and policy analysis. He studied public policy and management at the University of Southern Maine and holds a master’s degree in ancient history and archaeology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.) "Right to strike would level the playing field for public workers, with benefits for all of us," MECEP, April 2019, https://www.mecep.org/blog/right-to-strike-would-level-the-playing-field-for-public-workers-with-benefits-for-all-of-us TCHS-CS
The right to strike...
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...their new right.
And, collective bargaining solves inequality – empirics prove de-unionization is responsible for status quo inequities
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Heidi Shierholz (She has a Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan; M.A., Economics, University of Michigan; M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University, B.A., Mathematics, Grinnell College She is also the president of the Economic Policy Institute and she served the Obama administration as chief economist at the Department of Labor) "Weakened labor movement leads to rising economic inequality," Economic Policy Institute, January 2020, https://www.epi.org/blog/weakened-labor-movement-leads-to-rising-economic-inequality TCHS-CS
The good news...
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...inequality has skyrocketed.
David A. Ansell, Senior Vice President, Associate Provost for Community Health Equity, and Michael E. Kelly Professor of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago), holds an M.D. from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, 2017 (“American Roulette,” The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills, Published by the University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226428291, p. kindle 307-363)
There are many...
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...to fix it.
The COVID-induced “labor shortage” is not merely a product of worker apathy but of a desire on behalf of the working class for fair working conditions. Only a worker’s rights revolution can restore productivity to pre-pandemic levels.
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Lane Windham (Girl boss. Associate Director of Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and co-director of WILL Empower (Women Innovating Labor Leadership)). “It’s not a labor shortage- it’s a wage and workers’ rights shortage.” The Hill, 21 September 2021, https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/570441-its-not-a-labor-shortage-its-a-wage-and-worker-rights-shortage TCHS-CS
As we approach...
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...on the line.
The aff solves- the only empirical study shows that an unconditional right to strike doesn’t pose a risk to public safety, decreases the total number of strikes, and leads to settlements before strikes ever happen. That’s the only way to get people back to work.
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Martin H. Malin (Martin H. Malin is co-director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace and teaches Labor Law, Employment Discrimination, Public Sector Employees, ADR in the Workplace, and Contracts. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University's James Madison College and his J.D. from George Washington University, where he was an editor of the law review and elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 1980 after serving as law clerk to United States District Judge Robert E. DeMascio in Detroit and on the faculty of Ohio State University). Chicago-Kent College Of Law, 1993, "Public Employees' Right to Strike: Law and Experience," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol26/iss2/3/ TCHS-CS
The ease of...
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...the bargaining table.
Chris Jordan. “Giving workers employment rights increases productivity and profitability.” University of Cambridge. November 10, 2016. http://www.risingpowers.net/2016/11/giving-workers-employment-rights-increases-productivity-and-profitability/ TCHS-CS
The Centre for...
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...much publicised strikes.
This is good- unemployment is a one-way track to an economic depression through inflation and low productivity
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Gad Levanon. “If the labor shortage continues, the US economy won’t be able to recover.” CNN. 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/perspectives/labor-shortage-us-economy/index.html TCHS-CS
What's more...
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...currently being forecasted.
Sustained economic growth reduces poverty, improves quality of life, and is key to finding solutions for future global calamities. The aff is key to save the world.
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(Department for International Development. Growth: Building jobs and prosperity in developing countries. https://www.oecd.org/derec/unitedkingdom/40700982.pdf) TCHS-CS
Economic growth is...
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... leadership, policies and institutions.