NHL's Lawyer: Lockouts Are 'Necessary' Weapons
An economic strike is challenging for any employer. The likelihood, however, that it will achieve its bargaining goals will be substantially reduced if its striking employers can substitute unemployment compensation benefits...more
The federal government of Canada recently introduced legislation that would ban using replacement workers during strikes or lockouts....more
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo’s appointment and subsequent July confirmation marked a shift to a pro-labor perspective. On August 12, 2021, Abruzzo issued her first GC Memorandum as...more
Massachusetts legislators have taken steps to immediately enhance the Commonwealth’s unemployment compensation regime for locked-out employees of gas and electric companies. In light of the 6-month standoff at National Grid,...more
It is mid-November, and the Board is at a full complement, and even has a new General Counsel. While we haven’t seen anything significant (or really, anything at all) come out of the newly constituted Board we know the new...more
Earlier this month, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation that drastically changes the collective bargaining landscape for State of Illinois employees. Senate Bill 1229 requires the use of interest arbitration...more