by Justin | Oct 8, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump
Actions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are the most striking example of the anti-worker agenda. The Wagner Act of 1935, the first iteration of the National Labor Relations Act, established the NLRB as an agency to protect workers’ rights to organize and...
by Justin | Oct 8, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump
The proposed rule was published on April 1 and contains several anti-union changes. The new rule would eliminate the NLRB’s “blocking charge policy,” which permits the delay of union election results if the employer is accused of union-busting or...
by Justin | Oct 6, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, President Donald Trump
Organizers for Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers are circulating a petition that calls on Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark C. Elliott and the Harvard International Office to act in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed...
by Justin | Sep 22, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump
Donald Trump tries to portray himself as pro-worker. Nowhere is this absurdity better exposed than in the decisions of his National Labor Relations Board, which have over and over again favored bosses rather than workers. Read the article here.
by Justin | Sep 17, 2020 | NLRB, President Donald Trump
President Trump has said he would ‘protect’ and ‘fight for’ workers. Instead, his administration has systematically done the opposite. Read the article here.
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...
