NLRA, Labor Relations, Employer Responsibilities

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

NLRB General Counsel Gets Salty: Directs Regions to Take a Closer Look at Whether an Applicant for Employment in a ‘Salting’ Case...

BakerHostetler on 8/13/2025

On July 24, William B. Cowen, the acting general counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), issued GC Memorandum 25-08 (Memo) to the Board’s regional offices (Regions) to provide guidance on...more

NLRB Acting General Counsel Addresses Surreptitious Recording of Collective Bargaining Sessions

CDF Labor Law LLP on 8/11/2025

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not previously addressed whether the surreptitious recording of collective bargaining sessions is a standalone violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). However, with...more

Fifth Circuit Bites into NLRB: Apple’s Union Campaign Conduct Lawful

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/17/2025

In the latest (of many) U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders, the Fifth Circuit has tackled employer actions during organizing campaigns. In Apple Inc. v. NLRB, No....more

States Pondering ‘Trigger’ Legislation to Enforce the National Labor Relations Act

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/15/2025

Several states are considering “trigger” laws that would allow their own labor authorities to effectively enforce labor laws if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) fails or is unable to do so. This...more

NLRB Acting General Counsel Says Secretly Recording Union Negotiations is Unlawful

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/7/2025

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

NLRB Weakens Secret-Ballot Elections in Union Campaigns, Increasing Unionization Perils

K&L Gates LLP on 9/6/2023

On 25 August 2023, the Cemex decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) upended 52 years of Board law that had previously enshrined the secret-ballot election as the default method for union certification....more

What Florida Employers Can Do When a Union Knocks on Their Door

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/3/2023

When a union knocks on an employer's door, it can be a shock and awe experience for the unprepared employer. It is important for employers to understand their rights and obligations when dealing with unions to ensure that...more

What Employers Can Do When a Union Knocks on Their Door

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/3/2023

When a union knocks on an employer's door, it can be a shock and awe experience for the unprepared employer. It is important for employers to understand their rights and obligations when dealing with unions to ensure that...more

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