Most collective bargaining agreements in the private sector are governed by Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act Section requiring a majority of employees in the bargaining unit support having a union represent them. If a majority is not in support, the employees are not in a union. In the construction industry, however, CBAs…

Despite the utility and advantages, technological advances complicate employers’ and labor unions’ collective bargaining relationship. For example, to what extent must employers bargain with unions over the introduction of technology on the jobsite, especially where new technology performs bargaining unit work or monitors bargaining unit workers performance?   Employers generally have the right to make…

The General Counsel has determined that, pursuant to the NLRB’s landmark Boeing Co. balancing test, an employer’s rule entitled “commitment to my coworkers,” which required employees to “accept responsibility for establishing and maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships,” to speak with coworkers directly and “promptly” about problems between them rather than speaking with others, to not complain…

As legalized marijuana sweeps the country, unions are desperately trying to organize everyone from the grower to the seller. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union which has 1.3 million members across multiple fields from grocery store workers to meatpackers are on the forefront of the movement. UFCW already claims tens of thousands of…

A skycap for Alstate Maintenance at New York’s JFK airport complained about the tips he previously received from the French soccer team. The majority of skycaps’ compensation comes from tipping. The skycap complained in front of his co-workers to his supervisor, “we did a similar job a year prior and we did not receive a tip…

General Motors Company’s Chief Executive Mary Barra said in meetings with Ohio lawmakers that the future of the Lordstown, Ohio factor, slated for closure, can turn on the outcome of labor talks. Four factories in the U.S. and one in Canada could be shuttered by the end of 2019 if the automaker and its unions do not come up with…