by Justin | Jul 5, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Education, NLRB
This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935 — FDR signed the National Labor Relations Act via Historian, Erik Loomis “President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This groundbreaking piece of legislation gave workers a fair...
by Justin | Jun 26, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing
Since 2017, Republican appointees have firmly controlled the National Labor Relations Board. Not surprisingly, the agency has released a slew of decisions markedly reducing or eliminating union rights. One of the most egregious is MV Transportation, issued in...
by Justin | Jun 25, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, NLRB, Organizing
The decision means that management at newly unionized businesses can carry out discipline during the pre-contract phase without having to notify or bargain with the union. Employers weren’t required to reach an agreement with the union before actually taking action...
by Justin | Jun 23, 2020 | NLRB
Under the leadership of Trump appointees, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is suing to overturn an Oregon law that gives workers the right to skip anti-union captive audience meetings. In a Feb. 7 lawsuit in U.S District Court against the State of Oregon, the...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2020 | NLRB
The federal labor board’s top prosecutor has issued new guidelines for use of evidence and witness testimony when the agency investigates alleged labor violations in the private sector that’s causing alarm among some staffers, who believe the board is curtailing its...
