NLRA, NLRB General Counsel, 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

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

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

After Nearly Eight Decades of Lawful Captive-Audience Meetings, Employers Are Now Prohibited From The Practice

Foley Hoag LLP on 11/20/2024

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

NLRB Delivers Ban on Captive-Audience Meetings in Amazon Case

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 11/15/2024

Throwing out 75 Years of precedent in a single decision, on November 13, 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) the Board overruled the seminal case of Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB...more

NLRB Overrules Standard on Employer Predictions for How Unionizing Impacts Employer-Employee Relationship

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/14/2024

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

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

NLRB General Counsel Offers Some Clarity on Responding to Union Organizing Demands for Bargaining

Littler on 11/14/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel recently published a memo, along with other resources, to clarify parts of the Board’s recent decision dealing with union organizing demands for bargaining orders.1 The...more

NLRB's New Framework for Union Organizing Puts Employers at a Severe Disadvantage

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/29/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a groundbreaking decision that jettisons 50 years of established law to provide unions a more favorable framework to organize nonunion companies. On the heels of new rules...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

“Outlook Not So Good” – An Employer’s Guide to the NLRB’s 2023 Agenda

Polsinelli on 12/28/2022

“Should Employers have any hope for impartiality and good decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) in 2023?” Posed to the old Magic 8 Ball, the answer is “Don’t count on it.”...more

The NLRB Reawakened: Part One—New Obstacles to Settlement of Unfair Labor Practices

Miller Nash LLP on 7/27/2022

On September 15, 2021, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 21-07 (“Full Remedies in Settlement Agreements”), which urges the Regions to seek remedies in the settlement of...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for June 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/12/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board modified its electronic notice posting requirements for workplaces impacted by COVID-19. Paragon Systems, Inc., 371 NLRB No. 104 (June 2, 2022)....more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for May 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/16/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel’s office issued a memorandum reiterating the rights of immigrant workers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Continuing its aggressive approach to...more

NLRB’s General Counsel Continues Her Reimagination of Longstanding Board Precedents Governing Employers’ Rights During Union...

ArentFox Schiff on 6/1/2022

In her recently-filed brief to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in Cemex Construction, 28-CA-230115, NLRB General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, continues her campaign to significantly curtail longstanding...more

General Counsel Abruzzo Looks to Overturn Board Precedent Again: This Time, Seeking to Broaden Union Access to Public Spaces

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/31/2022

In an Advice Memorandum released on May 25, 2022, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo laid out a blueprint for changes she’d like made to Board precedent concerning union representatives’ access to employer property. At...more

Dos, Don’ts and Takeaways for Employers: Navigating Increased NLRB Scrutiny Over Union Organizing Activity

Stevens & Lee on 5/18/2022

Facing a union organization drive in its stores around the Buffalo, NY, Starbucks was issued a complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB “Board”) on May 6, 2022. The complaint asserts that Starbucks...more

Are Captive-Audience Meetings and Secret-Ballot Elections About to Vanish?

Stinson LLP on 5/6/2022

Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. - Each new...more

NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Reinstate Radical Standard for Union Recognition and Restrict Employer Free Speech During Corporate...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/19/2022

In contravention of decades-old precedent, employers may be required to recognize unions without a secret ballot election, thereby denying employers the opportunity to protect the private choice of their employees. The...more

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