Employment Policies, Labor Relations, Union Organizers

NLRB’s Acting General Counsel Provides Employers with Sweet Guidance About Union “Salts”

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/13/2025

Unions sometimes use a strategy called “salting” to organize employees. It occurs when a union sends a union member (a “salt”) to an unorganized job site to obtain employment and then organize the employees. Because job...more

Hold the Salt: Key Takeaways from the NLRB’s New Guidance on Union Salting

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/12/2025

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is sharpening its focus on “salting”—the practice of union organizers seeking employment with non-union employers to facilitate organizing campaigns. On July 24, 2025, the NLRB’s...more

Trump Names New Labor Board Nominees: The 5 Cases That Could Soon Reshape the Law

Fisher Phillips on 7/21/2025

After several months without a functioning quorum, President Trump nominated James Murphy and Scott Mayer to fill vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board late last week, signaling the potential for a significant...more

[Webinar] Positive Employee Relations, Protected Concerted Activity, and Union Organizing - March 12th, 1:00 pm ET

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 3/11/2025

As companies continue to grow and employ diverse cohorts of skilled workers and professionals across all levels, understanding the legal landscape and mastering the rules of engagement in employee and labor relations is...more

Taking a Deeper Look at the Implications of the NLRB Declaring Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 11/21/2024

On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, holding that "captive-audience meetings" are unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This decision...more

Captive Audience Meetings: A Thing of the Past?

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 11/20/2024

For decades, employers faced with ongoing workplace unionization could hold a mandatory meeting, on paid time, to educate employees on the potential impacts of unionization and offer the employer’s perspective on unionizing...more

National Labor Relations Board Ditches Decades-Long Precedent on Employers’ Unionization Threats

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 11/18/2024

On November 8, in Siren Retail Corp., 373 NLRB No. 135 d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned its categorical rule that immunized nearly all employers’ statements concerning the effects...more

NLRB Outlaws Captive Audience Meetings

UB Greensfelder LLP on 11/15/2024

What employers should do to avoid violation - On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ruled that captive audience meetings— mandatory employer-sponsored meetings attempting to...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

NLRB and DOL Clamp Down on Anti-Union Activities, Expand Unfair Labor Practice Remedies, and Restrict Handbook Policies

Benesch on 8/4/2023

In recent weeks, both the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) and U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) have signaled or put into effect several pro-union initiatives. Collectively, these moves will...more