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
Continue Reading UAW Wins Big at VW; Now What?NLRB Official Finds Dartmouth Basketball Players are “Employees” and Authorizes a Union Vote
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 VoteEmployers Watch Warily as Case Filings at NLRB Soar
While commentators debate whether or not the economy is in a recession, one area where business is booming is at the National Labor Relations Board, which recently announced a significant
Continue Reading Employers Watch Warily as Case Filings at NLRB SoarNLRB GC Seeks to Curtail Employers’ Defenses to Union Organizing Amidst Huge Increase in Union Election Petitions
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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Parts of the PRO Act May Become Law under the Reconciliation Bill
According to news reports, the upcoming budget reconciliation bill will likely contain some portions of the PRO Act, which is a piece of proposed pro-union legislation. As detailed in
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PRO Act: Congress Considers Fundamental Changes to Federal Labor Law
Congress may be on the cusp of passing legislation that would transform labor law in dramatic ways. This proposed law has potentially dire consequences for private-sector employers nationwide.
The Protecting
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NLRB Makes Significant Changes to “Quickie” Election Rule
The National Labor Relations Board recently scaled back the 2015 “quickie” election rule, which had sped up the timelines for conducting union elections. Speeding up the process provided an advantage
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