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Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Not Just Starbucks—Federal Judge Grants 10(j) Injunction against Amazon Based on Employee Termination

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As we previously discussed in June 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) pursued a 10(j) injunction against a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York after it fired workers for allegedly engaging in union...more

Franczek P.C.

Employers Take Note! Labor’s Resurgence Could be Real this Time

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Despite the always shifting pendulum of labor law, unionization rates in the private sector have decreased and remained low since the 1970’s. However, a recent surge of unionization efforts, coupled with unique economic...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

“What's Going On” With Unionization in America?

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A great American songwriter and singer once wrote ”picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality, talk to me so you can see, what's going on...” –Marvin Gaye, 1971...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Labor Law Insider: New York Amazon Employees Vote for Union - What Do We Learn?

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Tom Godar, of counsel at Husch Blackwell, and host of the Labor Law Insider, explores the impact of the successful union election campaign at Amazon’s Staten Island distribution center. This is in contrast to the ongoing...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Amazon Labor Settlement Signals Shifting Seas?

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There has been no shortage of news on labor drives at Amazon, the eCommerce giant with over 1.2 million employees. Earlier this year, we reported on one of Amazon’s most notable victories at an Alabama facility—a labor drive...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Battle at Bessemer: Round 2 Goes to the Union

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On August 2, 2021, the high profile union campaign at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama took another interesting turn, as a hearing officer with the NLRB recommended that the Board throw out the earlier union election...more

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NLRB to Hear Union Objections to Vote at Amazon Warehouse

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On April 9, 2021, all eyes were on Bessemer, Alabama as votes were counted in the most highly publicized union vote in recent memory. President Biden, politicians, activists, nonprofits, and celebrities all weighed in, and...more

Baker Donelson

Round One Goes to the Company: Lessons Learned from Amazon's Union Organizing Drive

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On Friday, April 9, 2021, workers for Amazon in Alabama voted by an overwhelming majority to remain union-free, thereby preventing Amazon's first union-organized facility in the United States. According to organized labor,...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Ask Not For Whom The Bellwether Tolls – It Tolls For Amazon

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Today Amazon won a major victory in a union organizing campaign involving one of its Alabama facilities. Pundits have talked up this campaign for months and months, many suggesting that it would serve as a bellwether for a...more

McAfee & Taft

Union organizing on steroids

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Against the backdrop of a new administration, an evolving workforce, and a changing economy brought about by the pandemic, the landscape for union organizing has radically changed in 2021.  While the nation’s attention is...more

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Get ready: Union organizing on steroids

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Against the backdrop of a new administration, an evolving workforce, and a changing economy brought about by the pandemic, the landscape for union organizing has radically changed in 2021.  While the nation’s attention is...more

Maynard Nexsen

Amazon's Confrontation with Unionization: Some Questions and Answers For Union-Free Employers

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Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon decide if they want to remain union-free or to unionize. About 5,000 employees who work at an Amazon Distribution Center will be eligible to vote in an upcoming union...more

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Employment Flash - December 2014

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In This Issue: - Supreme Court Rejects Security Screening Time Pay - NLRB Finalizes Union Election Rule - NLRB Reverses Employers’ Ability To Ban Employee Nonwork Email Use - EEOC Challenges Employer...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

The NLRB Shakes Things Up: Purple Communications and the Board’s New “Ambush” Elections Rule

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made waves last week in two highly controversial maneuvers: first, its long-awaited decision in Purple Communications, Inc., which reversed long-standing NLRB precedent and held that...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

New NLRB Developments

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As 2014 draws to a close, we wanted to provide you with a brief overview of what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been "up to" lately. ...more

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The Employment Law Authority - December 2014

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In This Issue: - Justices Issue Pro-Employer Rulling in FLSA Case - Ogletree Deakins Named A "Law Firm of the Year" - California Mandates Anti-Bullying Training for Supervisors - OFCCP Issues Final...more

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