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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA.    less -
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Hard Bargaining or Unlawful Bargaining: What A Difference A Board Member Makes

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that an employer’s proposal and adherence to proposals could in itself be deemed to be unlawful bad faith bargaining. District Hospital Partners, 375 NLRB No. 55...more

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Dartmouth Basketball Unionization and What’s Next

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As March Madness officially begins in college basketball, it seems like the perfect opportunity to discuss the recent unionization buzz amongst college basketball athletes. Background College athletes have attempted to...more

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The Ayes Have It: Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Is the First Student-Athletes to Unionize

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The Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team voted 13-2 in favor of being represented by SEIU Local 560. Dartmouth now has until March 12 to file objections to the election results....more

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Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Form Union with SEIU

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On March 5, 2023 the Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team voted to organize with the Service Employees International Union, breaking ground as the first group of student athletes to form a bargaining unit in the Country....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 3

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In Part One of our 3-part series, we touched on the background and landscape that led up to the Dartmouth decision. In Part Two, we explored the decision itself and pulled on the strings that the National Labor Relations...more

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Undergraduate Bargaining Units Are Here to Stay—and 20,000 Members Stronger

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A growing trend of union organizing among undergraduate student workers reached a crescendo last week when a unit of 20,000 student assistants at California State University voted in favor of unionization. California...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 2

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Having introduced the cast and set the scene in part 1 of this 3-part series, we turn now to the details. But before doing so, let’s get one thing out of the way – you likely won’t have unionized players on campus...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 1

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It wasn’t cash, an NIL deal, or even an athletic scholarship, but it was compensation according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 1 Director, Laura Sacks. By providing its men’s basketball team with apparel,...more

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NLRB Regional Director Rules Dartmouth College Basketball Players Are Employees, Setting Up Potential Landmark Board Case

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On February 5, 2024, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston ruled that men’s college basketball players at Dartmouth College are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor...more

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“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

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Beltway Buzz - October 2021 #4

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Congress: Lather. Rinse. Repeat. After scuttling plans last month to vote on both a $1.2 trillion bipartisan “hard infrastructure” bill that the U.S. Senate approved, 69–30, on August 10, 2021, and a proposed $3.5 trillion...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB Will See a Shift in Majority After Senate Confirms Wilcox and Prouty to Board Seats

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Yesterday, the United States Senate confirmed Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty to seats on the National Labor Relations Board (Board). These confirmations seal the deal on a Democratic majority on the Board and undoubtedly will...more

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Hit The Reset Button: NLRB Restores Precedent On Bargaining Obligations For Discretionary Discipline

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On June 23, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Care One at New Milford, finding that employers have no statutory obligation to bargain before instituting discretionary employee discipline that is...more

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California Superior Court Judge Orders Department of Public Health to Make Names and Personal Home Addresses of Approximately...

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A California Superior Court judge recently issued an order granting the Service Employees International Union’s (“SEIU”) petition for writ of mandate under the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) and ordered the California...more

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NLRB Region Five Rules that Resident Advisors at George Washington University are Employees Who May Unionize

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On April 21, 2017, the Acting Regional Director of Region Five of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a Decision and Direction of Election holding that Resident Advisors (“RAs”) at George Washington University...more

Fisher Phillips

Will Employers Cry Mayday This May 1? What You Need To Know About Planned Protest Activities

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May Day has historically been a day marked by workers’ rights protests, with union organizing activities and other employee advocacy actions taking place across the country on what is now known as “International Workers’...more

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You Said It, Now We’re Going to Hold You to It! Hospitals Estopped From Asserting Disqualification Argument.

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In theory, it is not an unfair labor practice to refuse to negotiate with a union engaged in competition with the employer—unless, of course, the employer gave the union other reasons for refusing to negotiate. The...more

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Labor Shocker: Strike Replacements Struck Down

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NLRB Rejects Permanent Replacement Workers In Groundbreaking Ruling - In an unprecedented 2-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board recently held that a California continuing care facility violated the National...more

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NLRB Decision Threatens 75-Year-Old Precedent, Analyzes Employer’s Motive for Hiring Replacement Workers

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On May 31, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a very significant decision in American Baptist Homes of the West, increasing the impact of an employer’s motive in deciding whether the permanent replacement...more

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Labor Law 2015: A Year In Review

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National Labor Relations Board spends Most of 2015 With a Full Complement of Members; Down to Four at Year’s End. For about two-thirds of the year, the National Labor Relations Board operated with a full complement of...more

Fisher Phillips

Will Your Workers Go On Strike On November 10? What You Need To Know

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Employee walkouts and protests are likely to occur on a massive scale across the country on Tuesday, November 10, spurred on by the union-supported “Fight for $15” movement. Low-wage workers seeking higher pay and possible...more

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The Evolving Definition of Joint Employers

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The National Labor Relations Board and various union-backed organizations are ratcheting up efforts aimed at changing the landscape of who qualifies as a joint employer. Right now, these aggressive efforts are most pronounced...more

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NLRB's General Counsel Confirms an Employer is Not Required to Provide Information Relating to a Union's Unsupported Belief that...

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In a case handled by FordHarrison attorneys, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel recently held that an employer was not required to provide information regarding the non-bargaining unit employees of a...more

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NLRB Jurisdictional Ruling Clears Path for Unionization of Religious Schools

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A National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Regional Director recently issued a ruling that could clear the way for more unionization of faculty members at private, religious schools. The Regional Director for NLRB Region 19...more

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Today’s Special: What May Be on Your Hospital Cafeteria Menu Soon

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On November 14, 2014, an Administrative Law Judge fired another round in the continuing skirmish between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the federal courts over the rights of union representatives to enter an...more

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