by Justin | Sep 10, 2020 | Education, Labor Notes, NLRB
Labor Notes is pleased to present the third in a series of webinars taught by veteran Boston labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz and hosted by Labor Notes staffer Bianca Cunningham. Topics will be taken from his bestselling Labor Notes guides to stewards’ rights,...
by Justin | Sep 9, 2020 | General Motors, NLRB, President Donald Trump
On July 21 the Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) eliminated the special legal protections enjoyed by union grievance handlers for the past 70 years. In the interest of promoting workplace “civility,” the Board announced that employers will no...
by Justin | Sep 8, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump
“With management-side lawyers dominating the agency, which is run by a five-seat board and a general counsel, labor advocates say the NLRB is more stridently anti-labor than ever before and is sabotaging its own mission. Not only has Trump’s board consistently...
by Justin | Aug 30, 2020 | NLRB
The NLRB found that companies can limit the communication on social media that is public. If it is private, especially to a co-worker, businesses are more limited. It is important to remember that what you do on your own time can have consequences at work. It is...
by Justin | Aug 22, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump, UAW Local 2110
The head of a 153-year-old Quaker school in New York City says that “Quaker values” are the reason she is trying to dissolve the school’s labor union by using a Trump administration labor board ruling that allows religious schools to exempt themselves from...
by Justin | Aug 22, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump, UAW Local 2110
NEW YORK CITY — A progressive Quaker school is relying on a new Trump Administration ruling in an attempt to bust its union, outraged teachers and parents say. Brooklyn Friends School filed last week to a federal labor agency a petition that questions the right of a...
