On April 6, the National Labor Relations Board announced that union representation petitions filed with the agency during the first six months of the fiscal year had increased 57% from
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Union without an election? – NLRB’s possible return to Joy Silk Mills
Employers across the country may, in the near future, face a unionized workforce even though their employees are denied the opportunity to vote in a secret ballot election. Under current
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NLRB GC’s Extreme Agenda on Display at ABA Mid-Winter Meeting
Last week, the American Bar Association’s Section on Labor and Employment Law, Committee on the Developing Labor Law, gathered in Kauai for its annual mid-winter meeting, featuring presentations from top
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NLRB Complaint Suggests Employers Cannot Prohibit BLM Messaging in the Workplace
On December 3, Region 20 of the National Labor Relations Board issued a sweeping, consolidated complaint alleging that Whole Foods Market, Inc. violated federal labor law by maintaining and enforcing
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Lessons for Management from the John Deere Strike
The John Deere Co. Strike – Sign of the Times?
In case you missed it, a major battle between labor and management is playing out in the heartland. On October
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NLRB’s Top Lawyer Says College Athletes Are Employees
In a recent guidance memorandum, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has announced her intention to consider college athletes as employees under federal labor
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Acting NLRB GC Withdraws Neutrality Agreement Complaint
In his first few days on the job, Acting General Counsel of the NLRB Peter Sung Ohr has withdrawn a complaint that had challenged the use of a neutrality agreement
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Are Union Neutrality Agreements Unlawful?
The NLRB’s General Counsel recently issued a memo that demonstrates his hostility toward neutrality agreements. Generally, neutrality agreements contain a promise from an employer that it will remain neutral in
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Notice Posting Requirements Are – and Remain – Postponed Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
In an early May 2020 decision, the Board declared a temporary pause in charged parties (usually an employer) complying with the NLRB’s standard notice posting remedy in response to
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New NLRB Case Investigation Guidelines Change How Regions Will Handle Particular Evidence and Witness Testimony
On June 17, 2020, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb issued GC Memo 20-08 (“Memo”), providing Regional offices new directives for taking certain witness testimony and accepting audio/video
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