On January 28, the Crow Nation became the first tribe to enact a tribal workforce protection act, protecting the rights of all workers – native and non-native – working on the Crow reservation in Montana.
The law, which will take effect on April 1, will prohibit discrimination against workers based on race, color, gender, sexual preference, religion, national origin or tribal affiliation. Read more here.
Maybe someone would like to comment on how such laws work in conjunction with a Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance.
As the story points out, it seems as if the tribe is trying to avoid employment issues as it gears up for its big Many Stars Project – its partnership between the tribe and Australian-American Energy Co. to develop the first coal to liquid plant in the United States – which is expected to bring about 4,000 construction jobs to the reservation and 900 permanent positions. Enacting its own employment laws may make the federal courts less inclined to apply federal employment laws, such as the National Labor Relations Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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