The National Labor Relations Board, by a 3 to 1 vote, has dramatically changed the playing field for employees seeking to exercise their Section 7 right to select a bargaining representative or to refrain from such. The...more
9/1/2023
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Cemex ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
The Biden Administration’s efforts at adjusting the balance of labor relations toward the interests of organized labor, at least for now, must largely fall back on non-legislative means, given the Republican capture of the...more
12/7/2022
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Federal Register ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Proposed Rules ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
Part 1 of our analysis of the NLRB’s Final Rule on representation elections is here.
Another potentially significant feature of the new regulations on union representation elections issued by the National Labor Relations...more
Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board announced a change to representation case procedures as part of an early holiday gift for employers. Generally, the changes extend deadlines for parties involved in R-cases,...more
More leisure time to talk about quickie elections.
The National Labor Relations Board announced today that it is again extending the time for interested parties to respond to its December 14, 2017, Request for Information...more
The National Labor Relations Board granted yesterday the United Auto Workers’ petition for a union election at the Volkswagen facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The election will be in a “micro-unit” of skilled tradesmen at...more
Back to the Past at VW Chattanooga? - On October 23, the United Auto Workers' Local 42 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent a bargaining unit of skilled trades workers at Volkswagen's...more
10/29/2015
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Automotive Industry ,
Bargaining Units ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Casinos ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fiat ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
Teamsters ,
Trump Administration ,
Union Dues ,
Union Elections ,
United Auto Workers ,
Volkswagen
On September 1, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., issued Memorandum GC 15-08, "Guidance Memorandum on Electronic Signatures to Support a Showing of Interest." In the...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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Antitrust Provisions ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Automotive Industry ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Deferral Standard ,
Email ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Lyft ,
McDonalds ,
Misclassification ,
Murphy Oil USA ,
NCAA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Purple Communications ,
Sidecar ,
Taxi Cabs ,
Uber ,
Union Elections ,
Unions ,
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