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Labor Relations / Unions

Organized labor in flux: Dems soon to gain NLRB majority

03/30/2021
Democrats will soon gain a 3-2 majority on the National Labor Relations Board, according to employment lawyer Michael Lotito, who on March 25 briefed participants at the 17th annual Labor and Employment Advanced Practices Symposium.

Walsh confirmed as Biden’s Secretary of Labor

03/25/2021
Marty Walsh has been confirmed to become the nation’s 29th Secretary of Labor, bringing a staunchly pro-worker perspective to a Department of Labor that faces big issues in coming months.

NLRB supports right to discuss unions, wear logos

03/18/2021
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a BMW manufacturing plant violated employees’ labor-law rights by banning employees’ conversations about the union during work time while allowing conversations about other nonwork subjects.

#1 reason you can’t fire worker for going #2 on office floor

03/18/2021
You’d think it would be easy to fire a worker who defecates on the workplace floor and tells his manager he left a “present” for him. The problem: The employee is a member of a labor union.

House passes PRO Act, labor’s favorite legislation

03/11/2021
The House of Representatives on March 9 passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a bill that would override state right-to-work laws and make it easier for unions to organize.

EEOC, NLRB general counsels sacked in unprecedented moves

03/09/2021
President Biden has defied tradition, firing the general counsels of both the EEOC and the National Labor Relations Board.

PRO Act could trigger massive union changes

02/25/2021
Legislation introduced in February will usher in sweeping labor-management changes if it passes.

As jobs declined, union participation rose in 2020

02/19/2021
Although the country saw historic job losses due to the pandemic in 2020, it also saw a jump in the percentage of U.S. workers who are members of a union to 10.8%, up from 10.3% in 2019.

Change is coming to NLRB: New leadership, rescinded memos

02/16/2021
Between appointing a new lead attorney and acting to reverse several recent labor-relations memoranda, the Biden administration is moving swiftly to undo Trump-era actions that affected the labor landscape.

Amazon fights back hard against union organizing

02/11/2021
A high-profile effort to unionize Amazon employees in Alabama has triggered a high-alert response from the online retail colossus.