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Labor Relations / Unions

Supreme Court limits union-organizing access

07/06/2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed employers a victory in the struggle to keep labor unions at bay, restricting the amount of time organizers can spend at worksites persuading employees to join a union.

Dems to control NLRB as Biden nominates two union-side lawyers

06/29/2021
David Prouty, currently general counsel of the Service Employee International Union’s largest local, would replace outgoing Republican NLRB member William Emanuel, whose term ends in August.

High Court: Only 3 cases affected employers

06/29/2021
No case in this term rose to the level of last year’s Bostock v. Clayton County, a blockbuster decision that said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because they are gay or transgender. However, these cases matter to employers.

Biden administration pro-union tilt has begun

06/03/2021
The Trump administration took a generally pro-employer stance on labor-relations issues. Months into President Biden’s term, it is clear that is changing.

White House infrastructure plan would bring changes for employers

04/15/2021
The Biden administration’s infrastructure proposal—tentatively titled the American Jobs Plan—was unveiled March 31 and is still in draft form. Taken together, the proposals written into the AJP could affect how employers run their workplaces for decades to come. Here are some of the expected highlights.

Even after Amazon, AI could trigger more union organizing

04/13/2021
When Amazon warehouse employees in Alabama voted April 9 not to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, many considered it a blow to organized labor. Other observers are not so sure.

Rein in inappropriate tweets, even the boss’s

04/08/2021
When senior executives discuss company business, they are speaking for the company. That speech includes Twitter content, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which has been coming down hard on CEOs who tweet during union organizing drives.

Organized labor in flux: Dems soon to gain NLRB majority

03/30/2021
Democrats will soon gain a 3-2 majority on the National Labor Relations Board, according to employment lawyer Michael Lotito, who on March 25 briefed participants at the 17th annual Labor and Employment Advanced Practices Symposium.

Walsh confirmed as Biden’s Secretary of Labor

03/25/2021
Marty Walsh has been confirmed to become the nation’s 29th Secretary of Labor, bringing a staunchly pro-worker perspective to a Department of Labor that faces big issues in coming months.

NLRB supports right to discuss unions, wear logos

03/18/2021
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a BMW manufacturing plant violated employees’ labor-law rights by banning employees’ conversations about the union during work time while allowing conversations about other nonwork subjects.