Memorandum on The Use of Struksnes Polls to Test Majority Status, 1979

Memo to all consultants, presenting the ways an employer is able to determine a union\u27s majority status. May 21, 197

Memorandum on Unilateral Implementation Of Wage And Benefit Changes, 1979

Memo to all consultants regarding the employers\u27 negotiations with the union, with an example case. June 18, 1979

Memorandum on Bargaining-From-Scratch Statements, 1979

Memo to all consultants regarding bargaining from scratch and techniques to prevent employers from violating the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), with relevant documentation. April 10, 1979

Memorandum on Preventing Needless Strikes, 1978

A memo sent to all consultants about how to prevent strikes, September 15, 197

Memorandum on Remedies for Violation of National Labor Relations Act, 1979

Memo about types of remedies that employers should anticipate will be sought by the General Counsel in future cases alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Includes a distribution list of consultants, July 20, 1979

Memorandum on Bargaining Tactics, 1979

Memo to all WCIRA consultants with 102 LRRM 1079-1080 attached discussing Arrow Molded Plastics Inc. and employee participation in illegal and unauthorized work slowdowns

Hyperelastic cloaking theory: Transformation elasticity with pre-stressed solids

Transformation elasticity, by analogy with transformation acoustics and optics, converts material domains without altering wave properties, thereby enabling cloaking and related effects. By noting the similarity between transformation elasticity and the theory of incremental motion superimposed on finite pre-strain it is shown that the constitutive parameters of transformation elasticity correspond to the density and moduli of small-on-large theory. The formal equivalence indicates that transformation elasticity can be achieved by selecting a particular finite (hyperelastic) strain energy function, which for isotropic elasticity is semilinear strain energy. The associated elastic transformation is restricted by the requirement of statically equilibrated pre-stress. This constraint can be cast as \tr {\mathbf F} = constant, where $\mathbf{F}$ is the deformation gradient, subject to symmetry constraints, and its consequences are explored both analytically and through numerical examples of cloaking of anti-plane and in-plane wave motion.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figure

Polaritonic characteristics of insulator and superfluid phases in a coupled-cavity array

Recent studies of quantum phase transitions in coupled atom-cavity arrays have focused on the similarities between such systems and the Bose-Hubbard model. However, the bipartite nature of the atom-cavity systems that make up the array introduces some differences. In order to examine the unique features of the coupled-cavity system, the behavior of a simple two-site model is studied over a wide range of parameters. Four regions are identified, in which the ground state of the system may be classified as either a polaritonic insulator, a photonic superfluid, an atomic insulator, or a polaritonic superfluid.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, REVTeX 4; published versio

The Welcome Theory: An Explanation for the Decreasing Number of African Americans in Baseball

The percentage of African Americans on the rosters of major league baseball teams is at a 30-year low, while the percentage of Caucasian players in the major leagues has remained relatively stable. Research indicates that the number of African Americans will continue to drop. The Welcome Theory uses several theoretical perspectives to explore why African Americans have turned away from baseball and embraced other sports, such as basketball. The theory has implications for designing sports programs that socialize youth into sports

Memorandum on Tolling Employer Back Pay Liability, 1978

Memo to all consultants on how to toll employers\u27 back pay liability in relation to alleged unlawful or discriminatory discharge, September 12, 1978