by Justin | Jan 4, 2022 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, Education, NLRB, Organizing
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act), employees have the right to communicate with other employees at their workplace about their wages.
by Justin | Apr 6, 2021 | Department of Labor, NLRB, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
A new report by the nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows why Biden was right to fire Robb—and to do so quickly. The GAO found that Robb was dismantling the agency from the inside. He reduced staff size, destroyed employee morale, and failed to...
by Justin | Mar 29, 2021 | Department of Labor
The UAW will report to the U.S. Department of Labor that its average membership held steady from 2019 to 2020 at nearly 400,000, a reflection of the workers current on dues payment on the last day of the year, the Free Press has learned. Read the article...
by Justin | Jan 20, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, NLRB, Opinion, President Joseph Biden
While Joe Biden has a much longer track record of supporting labor unions than Trump — a low bar to clear — his support has often been superficial at best. Biden never met a trade deal that he didn’t love, even when they would gut working class communities...
by Justin | Jan 18, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, NLRB, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
A lot has been written about the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act since it passed the House of Representatives in February 2020, but I have yet to find a detailed breakdown of the bill’s proposed amendments to the National Labor Relations Act that is...
by Justin | Jan 7, 2021 | Department of Labor, NLRB, President Joseph Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision. If confirmed, Walsh would take control of a Labor Department that Biden has pledged to reorient toward workers, with a stronger...