Executive Summary: Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) issued a press release detailing an increase in labor activity this year. Compared to this time last year, the Board has seen an...more
Executive Summary: On April 11, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“Abruzzo”) filed a brief in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, petitioning the Board to...more
4/19/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Good Faith ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Secret Ballot ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
Executive Summary: In September 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised organized labor that, if elected, he would be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had.” ...more
7/16/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Federal Funding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Job Creation ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
Transportation Corridor ,
Unions
On October 11, 2019, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that Washington state’s paid sick leave law does not violate the Constitution or federal preemption law, thereby...more
10/18/2019
/ AFL-CIO ,
Airline Deregulation Act ,
Airline Employees ,
Aviation Industry ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Preemption ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) reversed long-held Board precedent regarding when unionized employers may unilaterally change a term or condition of employment without violating the...more
9/13/2019
/ Bargaining Units ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unilateral Modification ,
Unions
As previously reported, the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) setting forth a proposal to amend its rules regarding the decertification of labor unions under the Railway Labor...more
On January 31, 2019, the National Mediation Board (NMB) published a proposed rule and request for comments to amend its regulations to provide for decertification of labor unions. The NMB’s stated goal is to provide a “more...more
As of July 1, 2018, the City of Chicago, as owner and operator of Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport (the “Airports”), will require that certain users of the Airports enter into a...more
The Fourth Circuit recently upheld a finding of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that four employees were not supervisors, even though each employee oversaw the daily work of between 22 and 40 workers. The Fourth...more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Republic Aviation v. NLRB almost seventy years ago, courts and the National Labor Relations Board have been weighing employers' property rights against union rights under...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently held that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it discharged an employee who refused to take a drug test without first consulting with...more