Labor Relations / Unions

Snapshot: Strikes spiked in 2018

10/10/2019

Labor unions staged 20 major strikes in 2018, involving 485,000 workers.

Scalia confirmed as secretary of labor

10/01/2019

Scalia takes over a Department of Labor facing several important employment law issues.

Scalia wins committee nod to become secretary of labor

09/24/2019

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted Sept. 24 to approve the nomination of Eugene Scalia to succeed Alexander Acosta as secretary of labor.

Google settles NLRB ‘free speech’ policy case

09/24/2019

The settlement agreement calls for the company to revise its policies to clarify that employees are not prohibited from discussing workplace issues.

Scalia formally nominated to head DOL, set for confirmation hearings

09/18/2019

President Trump on Sept. 11 formally nominated employment law attorney Eugene Scalia to replace Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor.

Ensure arbitration meets NLRB standards

09/18/2019

For several years, the NLRB has argued that some arbitration agreements violate the NLRA because they limit employees’ right to engage in concerted activity to improve working conditions. Now, the NLRB has eased its criticism of one popular arbitration condition: Mandatory arbitration.

Snapshot: How many Americans are union members?

09/10/2019

2019 marks the second year in a row in which just 10% of Americans belong to a union.

Scalia gets nod to become next secretary of labor

07/23/2019

President Trump announced July 18 that he would nominate Eugene Scalia to replace Alexander Acosta as secretary of labor.

NLRB changes solicitation rules to favor employers

07/19/2019

The National Labor Relations Board in June issued a decision that reversed a longstanding precedent by holding that employers may bar nonemployee union representatives or organizers from soliciting employees or promoting union membership in public areas within an employer’s facility.

Acosta resignation depletes an already shallow DOL bench

07/16/2019

The resignation of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta means only half of the Department of Labor’s 14 positions that require Senate confirmation are occupied nearly two-and-a-half years into the Trump administration.