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One Year Later: Interactive Union Activity Map Reveals 5 Key Labor Trends

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Over the past year, Fisher Phillips’ exclusive Union Organizing Activity Map continues to provide valuable insights into union trends across the country. This interactive tool aggregates data from the National Labor Relations...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Positive Employee Relations, Protected Concerted Activity, and Union Organizing - March 12th, 1:00 pm ET

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As companies continue to grow and employ diverse cohorts of skilled workers and professionals across all levels, understanding the legal landscape and mastering the rules of engagement in employee and labor relations is...more

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Unions Call Time Out on College Athletes, but Campus Organizing Plays On

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The Dartmouth Men’s Basketball team, represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 560, requested to withdraw its petition to unionize on December 31, 2024. The petition, approved by the National Labor...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

2025 Labor and Employment Outlook for Manufacturers: Employer-Friendly Skies on the Horizon

As we look ahead to 2025, several important labor and employment law changes, planned and potential, are on the horizon. With President Trump set to return to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, labor and employment law...more

Fisher Phillips

Republican Senator Surprises Employers By Releasing Framework for Pro-Labor Bill: 7 Key Sections to Track

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Just days into the newest Congressional session, a key Republican Senator shocked many employers by pushing for a law that would significantly tilt the playing field to the benefit of unions and labor advocates. Senator Josh...more

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Third Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Opinion in Starbucks, Limiting National Labor Relations Board’s Remedial Power

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On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed Starbucks a victory by vacating an order issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) on the grounds that the Board exceeded its authority...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

NLRB Aside, Bans on Captive Audience Meetings Spread Across the States

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made waves with its November 13, 2024 decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, 373 NLRB No. 136 (2024) overturning Babcock & Wilcox Co. and 75 years of precedent that had allowed...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

NLRB Restricts Captive Audience Meetings

In November 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to attend meetings in which the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Three Major NLRB Updates Pose New Challenges for Employers

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As employers anticipate possible changes in labor policy stemming from the recent presidential election, they should also consider two recent National Labor Relations Board (Board) decisions and a General Counsel (GC)...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

NLRB Outlaws “Captive Audience” Union Campaign Meetings

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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon.com Services committed an unfair labor practice by requiring employees to attend a work time meeting to hear Amazon’s views on union representation....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NLRB Bans Captive Audience Meetings

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The National Labor Relations Board held last week that captive audience meetings violate Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act. A captive audience meeting occurs when an employer requires employees to attend...more

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NLRB Finds Lawful Employer Statements to Employees Are Unlawful Going Forward

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Just hours after it became clear that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House, the majority Democratic National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) showed no signs of slowing down its efforts to implement the Biden...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

NLRB Delivers Another Sucker Punch to Employers by Outlawing Mandatory Captive Audience Meeting

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Going against decades of precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”), in Amazon.com, 373 NLRB No. 136 (2024), held that employers violate federal labor law when they require employee attendance at meetings...more

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Beware of Union Organizing Pitfalls

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On October 14th, The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that the number of union organizing petitions filed from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, more than doubled from the same period in 2021.  Petitions...more

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Taking a Deeper Look at the Implications of the NLRB Declaring Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful

On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, holding that "captive-audience meetings" are unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This decision...more

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Employment Law Update: NLRB Bans Captive-Audience Meetings: A Sea Change for U.S. Employers

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On November 13, 2024, in a landmark decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that “captive audience” meetings — where an employer requires workers to attend a meeting in which the employer expresses its...more

Foley Hoag LLP

After Nearly Eight Decades of Lawful Captive-Audience Meetings, Employers Are Now Prohibited From The Practice

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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned Babcock & Wilcox, 77 NLRB 577 (1948), which had—for over 75 years—protected employers’ right to hold mandatory meetings on their premises to...more

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Captive Audience Meetings: A Thing of the Past?

For decades, employers faced with ongoing workplace unionization could hold a mandatory meeting, on paid time, to educate employees on the potential impacts of unionization and offer the employer’s perspective on unionizing...more

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The NLRB Overturns Another Longstanding Rule Involving Employers Expressing Views on Unionization to a “Captive Audience”

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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a sharply divided decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, overruling yet another decades-old rule and holding that captive-‍audience meetings violate...more

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National Labor Relations Board Says No More Mandatory Captive-Audience Meetings

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On November 13, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) held that so-called captive-audience meetings — meetings where employers require employee attendance and argue against unionization — violate the National Labor...more

McCarter & English, LLP

NLRB Bans Captive Audience Meeting—But Will It Stick?

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has overturned a 1948 precedent and declared that an employer commits an unfair labor practice in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

NLRB Releases Two Major Decisions Less Than a Week Apart

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently issued two rulings that caused a seismic shift in what is permissible employer conduct during a union organizational campaign. While there is uncertainty about the...more

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NLRB Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings to Help Unions Mislead Workers

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Since 1948, employers could lawfully require employee attendance at on the clock captive audience meetings, even under threat of discharge or discipline. That changed this week as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in...more

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National Labor Relations Board Ditches Decades-Long Precedent on Employers’ Unionization Threats

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On November 8, in Siren Retail Corp., 373 NLRB No. 135 d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned its categorical rule that immunized nearly all employers’ statements concerning the effects...more

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NLRB Outlaws Captive Audience Meetings

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What employers should do to avoid violation - On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ruled that captive audience meetings— mandatory employer-sponsored meetings attempting to...more

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