by Justin | Jan 5, 2021 | Auto News, Collective Bargaining, Ford
Ford Motor Co. is planning to convert nearly 400 full-time factory workers from temporary to permanent status in January, and the Free Press has learned there are hundreds more such hires planned in 2021. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 5, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Google, NLRB
On Monday morning, news broke that a group of 200-some Google employees had signed authorization cards with the CWA and officially formed the “Alphabet Workers Union.” The workers are apparently dubbing their labor organization a “minority” union, which will assumedly...
by Justin | Dec 31, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, NLRB
This post will be comprised of three parts: (1) what is a Joy Silk bargaining order; (2) how did NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co. water down the bargaining order remedy; and (3) why did this shift in the remedy matter for our national labor policy. I hope it will become...
by Justin | Dec 24, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Organizing, Queens Public Defenders, UAW Local 2322
A Kew Gardens-based public defender agency has declined to voluntarily recognize a new staff union, setting the stage for a potentially drawn out legal process overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. A majority of eligible attorneys and social workers at the...
by Justin | Dec 13, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, UE
A good steward is many things – an organizer, a negotiator, a counselor, a peacemaker and a troublemaker. But there are certain things that a steward must avoid at all costs: Read the article here.
by Justin | Dec 11, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, EPI, NLRB
A full appreciation of the need for comprehensive labor law reform requires an understanding of the serious shortcomings in current law and how they have been exploited over the years by employers resisting efforts by their workers to form unions. Structural...
