NLRB, Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)

Deauthorization – A Win for Employees and a Path to Right to Work Under the NLRA

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/3/2024

On June 11, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a very short but interesting decision in Governed United Security Professionals (Golden SVCS, LLC) and Sheldon N. Fraser, 373 NLRB No. 66 (June 11, 2024),...more

Consequential? – Fifth Circuit Decision Vacates NLRB Order but Leaves Open Key Remedy Question

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/7/2024

On May 24, 2024, in Thryv, Inc. v. NLRB, No. 23-60132, (5th Cir. May 24, 2024), a unanimous three judge panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a National Labor Relations Board order finding that the Employer...more

Eighth Circuit Upholds NLRB Bad Faith Bargaining Decision and Broad Remedies Order

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/12/2024

On April 8, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, in United Food & Com. Workers’ Union, Loc. No. 293 v. Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC, No. 23-1895 (8th Cir. 2024), upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s...more

OSHA Issues Final Rule Allowing Employee Third-Party Representatives to Enter Workplace – Including Labor Unions

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/3/2024

On March 29, 2024, the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released a final rule amending the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (“OSH Act”), clarifying who can serve as an...more

D.C. Circuit: NLRB Must Weigh Contract-Based Defenses and Enforce Lawful CBA Provisions

Littler on 4/2/2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sent an unfair labor practice case back to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because the agency failed to consider the contract-based defenses of an employer accused of...more

2024 Labor & Employment Law Updates for the Construction Industry

Snell & Wilmer on 2/16/2024

The New Year often means new labor and employment laws for the construction industry, 2024 is no exception. Federal agencies have been especially active. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, the National Labor...more

Just When You Thought You Were All Zippered Up . . .The NLRB Issues a New Decision on Zipper Clauses

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/5/2024

If you are gearing up for union negotiations in 2024, do not miss the opportunity to review current and past practices that may not have been incorporated into expiring collective bargaining agreements. Trust me, it will be...more

[Webinar] 2023 NLRB Year in Review - December 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

Adams and Reese LLP on 12/14/2023

Adams and Reese Partner Michael MacHarg will lead a one hour CLE webinar to discuss important updates from the National Labor Relations Board over the past year. Registration is free. The webinar will take place Tuesday,...more

“Free and Clear” Collides with “Perfectly Clear”: Delaware District Court Imposes Successor Liability on Buyer in 363 Sale

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/1/2023

Navigating the Bankruptcy Code can present many traps for unsuspecting debtors, creditors, or asset buyers. The Delaware District Court recently reminded bankruptcy participants of an often overlooked pitfall involving the...more

M&A Strategy Update: Union Contracts and Section 363 Sales

Warner Norcross + Judd on 10/5/2023

In the right situations, the United States Bankruptcy Code provides powerful tools for acquiring distressed companies and realizing economic value, including synergies from vertically integrating suppliers or customers, or...more

The Demise of the Past-Practice Defense: Takeaways From Recent NLRB Decisions

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/28/2023

Following recent decisions of the National Labor Relations Board, it is now nearly impossible for employers to make unilateral decisions consistent with past practices when negotiating a first contract and when negotiating a...more

#WorkforceWednesday: How the NLRB’s Labor-Friendly Actions Are Affecting Union and Non-Union Employers - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/13/2023

This week, we’re breaking down recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that are impacting both union and non-union employers: The NLRB is continuing its labor-friendly push with increased protections for...more

NLRB Delivers Labor Day Gifts to Unions

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/11/2023

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

Past Practice in the Past? NLRB Narrows Past Practice Defense for Employer Unilateral Action During Bargaining

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/8/2023

On August 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released two decisions that will make it more difficult for employers to implement past practices during a break in bargaining or at an impasse, opening the door...more

In Latest Pro-Labor Rulings, NLRB Sharply Curtails Management’s Ability to Change Union Workers' Employment Terms

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/7/2023

In a pair of decisions issued on Aug. 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) established new, restrictive standards for evaluating when a unionized employer may avoid bargaining over changes to employees’ terms...more

Raytheon No More: NLRB Significantly Cuts Down Employers’ Power to Act Unilaterally

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/6/2023

In another much-anticipated reversal of existing precedent, as the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) completes its late-summer flurry before the Labor Day weekend, the Board issued a pair of decisions overruling...more

NLRB Continues to Rewrite the Rules to Limit Employers’ Authority

Vedder Price on 9/5/2023

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, the National Labor Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) issued a pair of decisions—Wendt Corp., 372 NLRB No. 135, and Tecnocap LLC, 372 NLRB No. 136—that highlight the Board’s continued focus on...more

What Goes Around Comes Around: Labor Board Limits Employer Actions During First Contract Negotiations and After a Contract Expires

Fisher Phillips on 9/1/2023

This week the National Labor Relations Board kept its foot on the gas, issuing decision after decision each further weighing the scales in labor’s favor leading up to the expiration of Democratic Board member Gwynne Wilcox’s...more

NLRB Reverses 50-Year Precedent and Lessens Standard for a Bargaining Order Without a Secret Ballot Election

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 8/28/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed over fifty years of established precedent on August 25, 2023, when it decided to overrule its 1971 decision in Linden Lumber and reinstate a modified version of its 1949 Joy...more

[Webinar] What’s the Deal? - California Employment Law Issues in Business Transactions and Restructurings - May 24th, 9:30 am -...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 5/10/2023

CDF Labor Law LLP presents a complimentary webinar that will cover California employment law issues that arise in business transactions and restructurings. Please join CDF employment law attorneys John Giovannone, Erin Owen,...more

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