The United Auto Workers won a potentially momentum-shifting organizing victory last week. In a secret ballot election conducted by the NLRB at a Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant, nearly 75% of
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NLRB Official Finds Dartmouth Basketball Players are “Employees” and Authorizes a Union Vote
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In a hotly contested case, the NLRB regional director for the region covering most of New England has found that Basketball Players at Dartmouth are the university’s “employees” under the…
Continue Reading NLRB Official Finds Dartmouth Basketball Players are “Employees” and Authorizes a Union VoteU.S. Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue Unions for Property Destruction
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, No. 21-1449 (June 1, 2023), that the National Labor Relations Act…
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The National Labor Relations Board ruled on August 29, 2022 that workplace policies restricting or limiting employees’ wearing of union apparel are unlawful unless the employer can demonstrate the existence…
Continue Reading Are Employer Uniform and Dress Code Policies Dead?NLRB GC Seeks to Curtail Employers’ Defenses to Union Organizing Amidst Huge Increase in Union Election Petitions
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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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NLRB GC’s Extreme Agenda on Display at ABA Mid-Winter Meeting
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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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Lessons for Management from the John Deere Strike
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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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New NLRB Case Investigation Guidelines Change How Regions Will Handle Particular Evidence and Witness Testimony
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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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The Coronavirus and Unionized Employees: Issues Options and Strategies
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Private sector employers with unionized employees and even non-union employees must be especially careful when addressing certain workforce concerns connected with the coronavirus outbreak. Below, we will address common issues…
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Scabby the Rat memo signals possible change to NLRB precedent on secondary activity
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Federal labor law protects neutral (secondary) employers from becoming entangled in labor disputes between another (primary) employer and unions. For most of the past decade, however, the NLRB has allowed…
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