To the editor:

Ms. Mimi Karlsson:

To attempt to encapsulate a major piece of labor law in a mere three paragraphs is complete folly!

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and any state labor regulatory agency recognize the difference between an “evergreen” contract and a regular contract.

An “evergreen” contract never expires and takes inordinate leverage from a balanced management/labor partnership. 

So called regular contracts (my words) do expire (although the terms and conditions generally remain in-force through the expiration period). Thus, the term “working under an expired contract” exists as you certainly know through your SEIU affiliation.

As you hold forth, it would be help to give the reader the whole picture.

Peter Shiel

Tiverton