With a new President comes a shift in the balance of power at the National Labor Relations Board. To start, shortly after President Biden took office in January, the NLRB’s sole Democrat, Chairman McFerran, issued several...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/15/2017
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Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/14/2017
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Employee Definition ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: Congressional Committee Head Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) ask NLRB General Counsel Griffin to either immediately rescind his January 31 report regarding the purported...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a last minute attempt to leave his mark on the NLRB, the Board’s outgoing General Counsel issued a report attempting to expand the rights of university faculty and students, including scholarship...more
2/2/2017
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Columbia University ,
Faculty ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Religious Schools ,
Student Athletes ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Universities