What You Need to Know About New Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez
As we previously wrote, five Trump-era changes to the union election process were contested in a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). In a January 2023...more
While one of organized labor’s most important legislative priorities, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), languishes with a seemingly limited chance at becoming law, employers still must brace for substantial...more
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (also known as the “PRO Act”) is back with its laundry list of organized labor’s most-wanted government handouts. After decades of declining membership, unions see the PRO Act...more
The AFL-CIO has sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to stop implementation of changes to NLRB representation case procedures involving its blocking charge policy, the voluntary recognition bar doctrine, and its...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) faces yet another road block to fully implementing its new election rules. The final rule, issued at the end of 2019, is set to restructure some of the more controversial...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has implemented changes to its election rules, but in the near term, the new procedures are not completely what the Board – or employers – envisioned....more
On December 18, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) published a final rule, which was originally set to become effective on April 16, 2020, and which modified the so-called 2014 “ambush election” rules. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the future of work continues to take shape, labor unions are taking notice and adjusting their strategies and their focus in response. To the extent they haven’t already, companies both large and small...more