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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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
In this two part series, Maynard Nexsen labor & employment attorney Pat Wilson joins hosts Tina and Christy to discuss what employers should understand about unions and how they can address them. Pat dives into the influence...more
A federal judge in New York recently cast doubt on the validity of state laws that seek to restrict employer speech in connection with union organizing. In New York State Vegetable Growers Association, Inc. v. Letitia James,...more
Union organizing efforts are not limited to historical union strongholds such as manufacturing, construction, and the public sector. Even though unions currently represent only about 1.3% of the financial services industry,...more
The United Stated Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) recently signaled an alarming willingness to use its broad subpoena powers under Section 601 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure...more
On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its much-anticipated Cemex decision, which has broad implications for union organizing. It handed unions a win with a partial return to the Joy...more
When Apple’s Penn Square Mall retail store in Oklahoma City voted on Friday to unionize, it became the tech giant’s second location in the United States to do so. Is this a trend for other Oklahoma employers? Count on...more
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
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
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
On Friday, April 29, 2022, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit employers in the state from holding mandatory employee meetings addressing unionization. Senate Bill 163, which now moves...more
On April 29, 2022, organized labor achieved a long-sought political objective when the Connecticut House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 163, “An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience.” Effective July...more
When it comes to federal agencies, the NLRB is becoming the center of federal workplace law. The NLRB is moving forward with a very aggressive agenda. As Congress deadlocks on almost every key issue, the DOL is still waiting...more
Last month, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued not one, but two memoranda directing Regional Offices to pursue a vastly expanded array of “remedies” against employers in unfair labor...more