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Biden Administration Labor Law Initiatives Swept Away

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In a widely expected move, Acting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel William Cohen rescinded a range of Biden Administration labor-law policies, including high-profile directives that targeted...more

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A Valentine for some NLRB watchers: Former General Counsel memoranda rescinded

On February 14, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a Memorandum announcing the rescission of many of the memoranda issued by his predecessor, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. GC Abruzzo...more

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NLRB Acting GC: Student-Athletes Are Not Employees

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On February 18, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen rescinded a September 2021 memorandum in which former Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo declared college athletes should be...more

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The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part I

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Husch Blackwell attorneys Mary-Ann Czak and Rufino Gaytán join Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar in a post-election analysis of anticipated policy changes in connection with the incoming Trump administration. The National...more

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NLRB Proposal Seeks to Make Removing Unions More Difficult

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The Biden National Labor Relations Board has been very busy trying to undue the work of the Trump Board ever since Jennifer Abruzzo took over as NLRB General Counsel. In the latest maneuver, on November 3rd, the Board issued...more

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Biden Administration Seeks to Limit Employer Speech to Aid in Union Organizing

Recently, leading officials in the Biden administration have taken steps to prevent employers from sharing their lawful views on collective bargaining in order to aid union efforts to organize more employees. These actions...more

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The Biden Administration Takes Aim at Increasing Worker Empowerment

When President Biden took office in 2021, he vowed to be the “most pro-union president” this country has ever seen. Although President Biden was unable to deliver some key worker legislation during his first year in office,...more

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Labor Under Biden

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Before the 2020 election, then-US Presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed to be the “strongest labor president you have ever had.” Now having been in office for almost a year, how has President Biden changed the country’s...more

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Could the National Labor Relations Act Be Getting Sharper Teeth Soon?

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President Biden’s first major domestic proposal, the Build Back Better Act (“BBB Act”), has been (and will continue to be) the subject of much press and debate.  Of particular interest to our audience, the BBB Act, an...more

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[Webinar] Labor Under Biden Series - November 18th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm CST

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Before the 2020 election, then US Presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed to be the “strongest labor president you have ever had.” Now having been in office for almost a year, we will take a look at how President Biden has...more

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District Court Approves of President Biden’s Firing of Former NLRB General Counsel, But is This the Final Word?

As we reported here and here, there are several challenges to the authority of the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Peter Sung Ohr, given President Biden’s unprecedented move of terminating the...more

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House Passes Landmark, Pro-Union, Labor Reform: the PRO Act

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On March 9, 2021, the House of Representatives passed S. 420/H.R. 842, the pro-union “Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021” (PRO Act), by a vote of 225-206, largely along party lines. On March 11, 2021, the bill was...more

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PRO Act Would Upend U.S. Labor Laws for Non-Union and Unionized Employers Alike

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On February 4, 2021, House and Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.  Introduction was expected, as President Biden pledged to be “the strongest labor president you have ever had” during...more

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What Does a Biden Administration and Democratic Control of Congress Mean for Labor Policy?

In February 2020, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the "PRO Act"), codifying several Obama-era decisions and rulemakings that facilitate union organizing and make it easier for...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Sees First Challenge to the Authority of Acting NLRB General Counsel’s to Process Unfair Labor Practice Cases after Recent...

In the first known of its kind objection to an ongoing NLRB proceeding, an employer has urged the NLRB to dismiss an unfair labor charge against it, arguing that the agency is unable to prosecute the matter, in light of...more

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