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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
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
Last week, an adult-use cannabis processor and retailer filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of a new Oregon law that now requires entry into a labor peace agreement for licensure. A labor peace agreement does not...more
In November 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to attend meetings in which the...more
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
The National Labor Relations Board held last week that captive audience meetings violate Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act. A captive audience meeting occurs when an employer requires employees to attend...more
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
On October 14th, The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that the number of union organizing petitions filed from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, more than doubled from the same period in 2021. Petitions...more
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
On November 13, 2024, in a landmark decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that “captive audience” meetings — where an employer requires workers to attend a meeting in which the employer expresses its...more
On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned Babcock & Wilcox, 77 NLRB 577 (1948), which had—for over 75 years—protected employers’ right to hold mandatory meetings on their premises to...more
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
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
On November 13, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) held that so-called captive-audience meetings — meetings where employers require employee attendance and argue against unionization — violate the National Labor...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has overturned a 1948 precedent and declared that an employer commits an unfair labor practice in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently issued two rulings that caused a seismic shift in what is permissible employer conduct during a union organizational campaign. While there is uncertainty about the...more
Since 1948, employers could lawfully require employee attendance at on the clock captive audience meetings, even under threat of discharge or discipline. That changed this week as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in...more
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
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
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
On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a landmark decision in the case of Amazon Services LLC, banning so-called “captive audience meetings,” a tool regularly used by employers in response to...more
Reversing established precedent that has stood for decades, two recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board make it increasingly difficult for employers to make the argument to workers that unionization is not in...more
On November 13, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, 373 NLRB No. 136 (2024) ruling that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees under...more
The National Labor Relations Board once again has reversed precedent. It will now use a case-by-case analysis to determine whether an employer’s statements about the negative impacts of unionization on the relationship...more
Following a landmark NLRB ruling last year, the answer is yes. For the last several decades, the process for union recognition of an employer’s workforce was largely unchanged....more