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Ohio Supreme Court: City’s Refusal to Arbitrate Under Last-Chance Agreement Not an Unfair Labor Practice

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Ohio Council 8, AFSCMA, AFL-CIO v. City of Lakewood, 2025-Ohio-2052 -An employee of the Department of Public Works was on a last-chance agreement when he committed another fault and was terminated. The union demanded...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Future Script: How Generative AI Is Changing Collective Bargaining in the Entertainment Industry

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Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has the ability to transform many industries; its current and future impact on the entertainment industry is particularly significant and cannot be overstated. The SAG-AFTRA and WGA...more

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Changes on the Horizon for the National Labor Relations Board

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A period of inactivity at the top adjudicative level of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may soon be over with the potential appointment of two new Board members. Last week, the President nominated Scott Mayer and...more

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NLRB Acting General Counsel Says Secretly Recording Union Negotiations is Unlawful

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The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel recently concluded that surreptitious recordings of collective bargaining sessions is a per se violation of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act). In...more

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New Federal Government Established: What Employers in Germany Can Expect

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Germany's new government—led by former Mayer Brown Partner Friedrich Merz, who serves as Federal Chancellor—has laid out an ambitious agenda for the next four years. Many of the topics addressed on the 144-page-long coalition...more

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The Railway Labor Act: A Practical Guide For Employers In Air And Rail Transportation

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While most employers in the U.S. must comply with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employers in the railroad and airline industries need to understand the Railway Labor Act (RLA) and how its unique requirements impact...more

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Washington State Law Provides Agricultural Cannabis Workers the Right to Unionize

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A recently passed Washington State House Bill permits agricultural workers to unionize under the supervision of Washington’s Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). On April 22, 2025, the Governor signed House Bill...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Pendulum Swings – Changes at the NLRB Under the Trump Administration

The installation of a new Administration with a fundamentally different philosophical identity once again foreshadows fundamental changes in the relationship between private sector employees and employers governed by the...more

Hogan Lovells

Works Constitution in Germany – An Overview 2025

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The concept of works council participation has a long tradition in Germany, dating back to the Weimar Republic following World War I. Information and consultation rights for employee representatives were introduced by the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Kein digitales Zugangsrecht – Gewerkschaft scheitert mit Klage gegen Adidas

Spätestens seit der Corona-Pandemie erfreut sich das Home-Office großer Beliebtheit: Rund ein Viertel aller Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland arbeitet zumindest teilweise aus dem Home-Office. Doch während das mobile Arbeiten...more

Baker Donelson

NLRB Places Further Restrictions on Employers: Captive Audience Meetings

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The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) voted 3-1 on November 13, 2024, (along party lines, with Member Kaplan dissenting) to prohibit so-called "captive audience" meetings.1 In doing so, the Board overturned...more

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What Employers Need to Know About the Current State of the NLRB

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A series of game-changing moves from the White House have left employers struggling to understand the lay of the land when it comes to the nation’s labor law. Even though it might feel like we’re entering unchartered...more

Vedder Price

You Can’t Miss a Shot If You Don’t Show Up to the Game: Union Pulls Petition to Unionize Dartmouth Basketball Team

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On December 31, 2024, Service Employees International Union, Local 560 (SEIU), the union seeking to represent the men’s basketball team at Dartmouth College, withdrew its petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Strike Averted: Longshoremen, USMX Reach Tentative Agreement on All Terms

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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract. Both parties described the deal as a “win-win,” addressing the...more

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Mandatory “Captive Audience” Meetings Now Illegal

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Since the 1940’s, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) has held the position that mandatory meetings with employees where the employer expresses its views on unions, typically referred to as “Captive Audience...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Three Major NLRB Updates Pose New Challenges for Employers

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As employers anticipate possible changes in labor policy stemming from the recent presidential election, they should also consider two recent National Labor Relations Board (Board) decisions and a General Counsel (GC)...more

Saul Ewing LLP

NLRB Forbids Captive-Audience Meetings

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On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer may no longer require employees to attend meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization. The 3-1 decision...more

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NLRB Finds Lawful Employer Statements to Employees Are Unlawful Going Forward

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Just hours after it became clear that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House, the majority Democratic National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) showed no signs of slowing down its efforts to implement the Biden...more

Baker Donelson

NLRB Places Further Restrictions on Employers: Captive Audience Meetings Restricted

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The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) voted 3-1 (along party lines, with Member Kaplan dissenting) on November 13, 2024, to prohibit so-called "captive audience" meetings.1 In doing so, the Board overturned...more

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The NLRB Overturns Another Longstanding Rule Involving Employers Expressing Views on Unionization to a “Captive Audience”

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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a sharply divided decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, overruling yet another decades-old rule and holding that captive-‍audience meetings violate...more

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NLRB Issues Two Decisions Limiting Management's Ability to Contest Unionization

During union representation campaigns, it is common for employers to advise employees of the downsides posed by union recognition. The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has criticized these tactics, alleging that...more

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The NLRB Boomerangs Back to 1969 Standard for Employer Statements Regarding Unionization Efforts

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On November 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Siren Retail Corp. d/b/a Starbucks, throwing out an almost 40-year-old rule that categorically allowed employers to tell their employees...more

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Labor Law Insider - Collective Bargaining: Ins and Outs, Nuts and Bolts, Part II

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In part two of this thought-provoking podcast episode on the tricky business of collective bargaining, Husch Blackwell attorneys Jon Anderson and Adam Doerr share war stories and real-life advice with host Tom Godar. Their...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

NLRB and Union Relations Beyond 2024 – What Will the Election Bring?

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As we have reported many times, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is a powerful agency that regulates both the union and non-union workplace. However, the NLRB is also a largely political organization that...more

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First Court Decision Following Cemex Scraps Election Outcome that Defeated Union and Orders Employer to Bargain With Union

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On May 14, 2024, the United States District Court of Massachusetts granted the National Labor Relations Board’s first petition for injunctive relief under the new framework announced last year in Cemex Construction Materials...more

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