NLRB Proposed Rules Would Streamline Unionization Process, Reducing...
Wednesday’s Federal Register will feature a set of proposed amendments to National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) regulations that, if adopted, could significantly simplify the process wherein workers vote...
View ArticleBusiness groups applaud ruling against NLRB poster
Probusiness groups are cheering a new ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that represents another blow to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The appeals...
View ArticleFast-food worker strikes, ‘alt-labor’ movement spreading
A wave of strikes by fast-food and other low-wage workers continues to spread in major cities around the country as employees take action to increase their pay and gain other workplace rights and...
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Volkswagen’s Chattanooga workers reject UAW representation
by Bart Sisk, David Jaqua, and Valeria Gomez The votes are in, and the wait is over. In what can only be characterized as a major setback for organized labor, Volkswagen’s Chattanooga employees have...
View ArticleUAW plans to take fight over VW vote to Congress
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has dropped its appeal of a union vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but instead of giving up, the union says it will turn its attention toward...
View ArticleNLRB invites briefs in Northwestern football case
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is inviting interested parties to submit briefs on the Northwestern University football case. Briefs must be submitted on or before June 26, 2014. At the...
View ArticleUAW trying different approach to unionize Volkswagen plant
Despite two failed attempts to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the United Auto Workers (UAW) on July 10 announced the creation of Local 42, a local that Chattanooga VW workers...
View ArticleLatest fast-food protests buoyed by NLRB, Obama stance
More fast-food protests are planned for September 4, with the latest round including homecare workers and possible civil disobedience. Fast-food and other low-wage workers have been staging periodic...
View ArticleNLRB says employees may use company computers for organizing activity
In perhaps one of its boldest moves, on December 11, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned existing precedent and held that employees have the right to use their employer’s e-mail system...
View ArticleNLRB dismisses petition to unionize Northwestern football players
Just how the dismissal of the petition to unionize some Northwestern University football players will affect other representation issues before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is uncertain,...
View ArticleDOL’s new “persuader rule” limits employers’ ability to fight union organizing
A new rule scheduled to take effect April 25 is seen as placing new limits on employer efforts to fight union organizing drives. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that it will publish...
View ArticleCourt’s decision solidifies NLRB’s ‘quickie’ election rule
A June 10 ruling by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to employers hoping to escape the constraints of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule speeding up union representation...
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Columbia University decision latest NLRB victory for unions
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ruling that graduate student assistants at private colleges and universities are entitled to unionize is the latest Board action seen as a boon to union...
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Quickie election rules are coming—are your managers and supervisors ready?
by Robert M. Vercruysse In February 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) once again announced that it was going to change the rules for Board-conducted elections. This time, there is a...
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UAW’s effort to unionize Mississippi Nissan workers fails
by Martin J. Regimbal Workers at the Nissan auto plant in Canton, Mississippi, rejected a unionization effort by the United Auto Workers (UAW) on August 3-4, leaving intact the union’s record of...
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