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American Indian Tribes Troubled by NLRB Ruling on Unions.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004

By Michael Kinsman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 12--Jobs on American Indian reservations have always come with their own set of work rules and regulations.

The tribes are considered separate governments, entitled to establish their own labor standards unless specifically restricted by Congress. They are subject to no state labor laws and only limited federal labor rules.

That's why a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board is causing a stir among California's tribes and the estimated 44,000 people who work for them.

The NLRB recently ruled that it has jurisdiction over union disputes at casinos operated by Indian tribes.

The ruling reverses three decades of a...

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