by Justin | Dec 3, 2020 | Amazon, NLRB, Organizing, President Donald Trump
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected Amazon’s bid to delay a hearing on the union drive of Alabama workers into January, as the e-commerce giant signals its willingness to vigorously battle employees trying to organize. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | NLRB, President Joseph Biden
Four lawyers have emerged as the leading candidates to fill an open Democratic seat on the National Labor Relations Board once President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, according to people familiar with the discussions. That list includes union-side lawyers,...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | Amazon, NLRB, Organizing
Amazon.com Inc. has hired Harry Johnson, a former Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board, to help the company defend against a union election at an Alabama warehouse. Read the article here.
by Justin | Nov 12, 2020 | NLRB, Opinion
From everything I have described, the NLRB appears to be an emasculated husk of an archaic institution. The agency is underfunded, understaffed, underpowered, and prone to congressional influence when it dares raise its head out of its foxhole. Most damningly, the...
by Justin | Nov 10, 2020 | NLRB, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is appointing a who’s who of senior Obama-era U.S. Labor Department officials to help it prepare for the transfer of power at labor-focused agencies. Read the article here.
by Justin | Nov 9, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, NLRB, Organizing, President Joseph Biden
Few legal arenas are more volatile than labor law. With the National Labor Relations Act remaining virtually unchanged by Congress since 1959 and the Supreme Court growing increasingly uninterested in interpreting it, the role of creating and changing labor policy...
