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The NLRB’s Top Lawyer Offers New Guidance on Remedial Relief in Settlement Agreements

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Settling cases before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) became an increasingly difficult task under the prior administration, where the terms of agreements were often dictated by General Counsel directives insisting...more

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The Labor Law Insider: How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part II

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Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell colleague Adam Doerr back to the show for the second and final part of a conversation exploring how organized labor has approached the early days of Trump 2.0. In this episode, Tom and...more

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The Labor Law Insider - How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part I

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Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell colleague Adam Doerr to the show for a two-part episode to discuss how organized labor has approached the early days of Trump 2.0. Among other actions, the administration dismissed the...more

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The Pendulum Swings – Changes at the NLRB Under the Trump Administration

The installation of a new Administration with a fundamentally different philosophical identity once again foreshadows fundamental changes in the relationship between private sector employees and employers governed by the...more

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No Love Lost: Acting National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Rescinds Litany of Former GC Abruzzo’s Policy Memoranda in...

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Signaling a strong shift away from the policy positions of the former administration, Acting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel William Cowen issued a GC Memorandum on February 14, 2025, rescinding 31 GC...more

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What Employers Need to Know About the Current State of the NLRB

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A series of game-changing moves from the White House have left employers struggling to understand the lay of the land when it comes to the nation’s labor law. Even though it might feel like we’re entering unchartered...more

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NLRB Places Further Restrictions on Employers: Captive Audience Meetings Restricted

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The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) voted 3-1 (along party lines, with Member Kaplan dissenting) on November 13, 2024, to prohibit so-called "captive audience" meetings.1 In doing so, the Board overturned...more

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NLRB Jettisons 76-Year-Old Precedent Covering Workplace Meetings

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Since 1948, Section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) had been interpreted to protect the First Amendment right of employers to bring employees together to exchange views, arguments, and opinions about...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Issues Two Decisions Limiting Management's Ability to Contest Unionization

During union representation campaigns, it is common for employers to advise employees of the downsides posed by union recognition. The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has criticized these tactics, alleging that...more

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Is It Really About Employee Voices? The National Labor Relations Board Continues its Union-Friendly Trend

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The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) is the federal agency tasked with administering the National Labor Relations Act (the NLRA). Chief among its responsibilities is governing the union recognition process in the...more

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Supreme Court Ruling in Starbucks v. McKinney: Implications for Employees and Unions

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On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court held that the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) is subject to the same standard as any other litigant when it seeks a preliminary injunction in unfair labor practice cases. This...more

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NLRB Delivers Labor Day Gifts to Unions

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It has been a decision-packed summer at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), and the last weeks of summer were especially active, with a number of significant decisions released at the end of August that...more

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Two New NLRB Decisions Expand Labor Rights for Non-Unionized Workers

The National Labor Relations Board continues its recent streak of overturning board decisions from the Trump administration that limit the rights of employees to organize and complain about working conditions. The latest...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Streamlines Union Election Procedures

The National Labor Relations Board has continued its reversal of Trump-era decisions. The NLRB issued a final rule expediting union election procedures, making it more difficult for employers to react and respond to...more

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Unions Gain an Organizing Edge: NLRB Lowers Bar for Challenging Work Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has significantly lowered the bar for unions and employees who seek to challenge the validity of work rules, particularly those related to civility, solicitation, confidentiality...more

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NLRB Adopts Standard Critical of Employer Workplace Rules, Handbooks

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new burden-shifting standard for evaluating whether work rules infringe upon employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Top Ten Myths About Unions

Many employers mistakenly assume that their workforce is not likely to be organized by a union. Maybe they assume that only factory workers and public employees are the most typical members of unions. Maybe they assume they...more

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Tales From the NLRB: More Remedies More Often

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On April 20, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) committed itself to imposing more remedies more often when dealing with parties “who have shown a proclivity to violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) or...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Surprise Surprise, the NLRB Continues Expanding Employee Protections

Imagine this: a nurse leaves the operating room during spinal surgery to participate in a union action, the employer terminates the nurse, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holds that the employer violated federal...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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As Unions Worm their Way into Apple, Inc., NLRB Alleges a ULP

Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint alleging that Apple, Inc. committed an unfair labor practice by prohibiting union flyers in the breakroom while permitting non-union solicitations and...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Appellate Court Reverses NLRB, Holding Tweet About “Salt Mines” Not an Unfair Labor Practice

Last week, the Third Circuit reversed a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision finding that FDRLST Media, publisher of online news magazine The Federalist, unlawfully threatened its employees when its Executive...more

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Are Captive-Audience Meetings and Secret-Ballot Elections About to Vanish?

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Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. - Each new...more

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NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Limit Secret Ballot Elections in Favor of Union Recognition Based on Card Count

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Executive Summary: On April 11, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“Abruzzo”) filed a brief in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, petitioning the Board to...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Attempt to Certify Union Vote by University Adjunct Faculty

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The D.C. Circuit recently rebuffed the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to assert jurisdiction over adjunct faculty at Duquesne University, a religious college. Duquesne University v. NLRB, No. No. 18-1063 (D.C. Cir....more

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