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Indian Tribe Want Exemption From Labor Laws
At a House hearing Thursday, tribes spoke out for legislation to overturn an order by the National Labor Relations Board that said - for the first time - that sovereign Indian tribes are under the board's jurisdiction. Indian tribes want Congress to exempt them and their casinos from federal labor laws.
The labor board's order, which came in response to an organizing dispute at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Southern California, is being fought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit by the country's leading tribes.
Both sides say the case could be precedent-setting. Meanwhile, tribes have worked with friendly lawmaker, Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz, who's introduced a bill that would amend the National Labor Relations Act to say that tribes are not governed by it.
Noting that the explosion of Indian gambling had transformed once-poor tribes into major employers of non-Indians, the order said that tribes were now acting more like traditional businesses than like sovereign governments, and should be treated as such.
San Manuel tribal spokesman Jake Coin said workers at his casinos are represented by the Communications Workers of America and protected by a labor relations ordinance approved by the state of California.
Friday, August 25 , 2006
Brian Letendre