While union activity remains at near record lows in the private sector, the new administration has sent a strong early signal that it hopes to change that situation and that it will not be patient in taking steps it thinks...more
After decades of steady decline in union activity, the number and magnitude of strikes in the United States increased sharply in both 2018 and 2019, rising to their highest levels since the early 1980s. Relatively successful...more
With a steady decline in private sector unionization and a lack of political muscle to change the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”), organized labor in the Obama era relied heavily on decisional rulings from the National...more
Since 1982, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has interpreted the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to prohibit employers from denying non-employee union organizers access to those parts of the...more