Quickie elections seem here to stay, but Senate Republicans aren’t giving up. On July 29, the National Labor Relations Board won another challenge to its “quickie election” rules pursued by employer groups. This time, Judge...more
8/28/2015
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What are the labor implications of Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell? -
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”) in a 6-3 decision written by Chief...more
6/30/2015
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NLRB “quickie election” rule takes effect -
On April 6, President Obama vetoed a joint resolution of Congress that sought to block the “quickie election” rule issued by the National Labor Relations Board....more
4/29/2015
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KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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Wal-Mart
Massive labor disputes on two of three U.S. coasts - Large scale industry-wide labor disputes were in the news daily in early 2015. A West Coast port labor dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and...more
NEWS & ANALYSIS
- NLRB changes longstanding rule for deferral to arbitration awards - The National Labor Relations Board has had a busy December with four major new developments. We have already reported on two of the...more
12/24/2014
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D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
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Employee Definition ,
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Lyft ,
McDonalds ,
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Murphy Oil USA ,
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Purple Communications ,
Sidecar ,
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Uber ,
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Volkswagen ,
Wage and Hour
As we alerted you last week, on Monday the National Labor Relations Board published its long-awaited final rule on so-called "quickie" or "ambush" elections. The final rule is similar, but not identical, to a prior Board...more
The National Labor Relations Board decided 3-2 last week that employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act are presumptively entitled to access an employer's email systems for communicating under Section 7 of the...more
Last week, Volkswagen Group of America announced a "Community Organization Engagement" policy that will allow labor organizations to engage in what the company calls "constructive dialogue" with the company and employees at...more
Ebola crisis: the next big organizing issue? - Labor relations are already being affected by the Ebola crisis in the United States.
On October 8 and 9, at LaGuardia Airport in New York, approximately 75 non-union...more
NLRB extends Weingarten right of union representation to drug and alcohol test situations -
On July 31, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board in Ralph's Grocery Co. ruled that a union-represented...more
Overruling approximately 50 years of its own precedent, the National Labor Relations Board has decided that a union dues check off provision in a collective bargaining agreement will survive expiration of the agreement. The...more
Yesterday, amid massive protests in Lansing, Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state. Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed two1right-to-work bills into law, continuing a trend that began earlier this year with Indiana....more