The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has proposed rolling back an Obama-era regulation that allowed union dues to be deducted from Medicaid checks. This would stop the automatic dues deduction of homecare workers who never neither voted for the union or receive any…

Ten thousand union workers and retirees assembled on the grounds of the Ohio State Capitol today to protest potential cuts to the underfunded pensions of some 1.5 million people. They hoped to tell how cuts to their multiemployer pension plan benefits would devastate their lives and make it difficult to pay for their homes and medical costs. Members of…

Dura-Line Corporation, a manufacturer, did not violate the National Labor Relations Act when it closed its only unionized plant and transferred work to its non-union locations. the National Labor Relations Board rejected an Administrative Law Judge’s conclusion that Dura-Line,  closed its Kentucky, facility because the United Steelworkers represented employees there. The Board said Dura-Line had “compelling economic reasons” for its…

The National Labor Relations Board has never held that the misclassification of employees is an independent violation of the National Labor Relations Act. However, former NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin (D) (an Obama appointee) last year persuaded several Administrative Law Judges that simply misclassifying workers is an unfair labor practice even if it is not accompanied…

The surge in on-line shopping necessitates an increase in demand of packaged deliveries.  This is front and center in the UPS-Teamsters Labor negotiations.  It appears that the two sides have reached a tentative agreement to create a category of drivers to handle weekend shifts. This deal calls for the company to review technological changes like the deployment of…

A recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board reminds us that employers must tread carefully when union activity is afoot in their workplaces. An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when, among other things, it pulled archived video footage at its cite upon becoming aware of the union activity. During its review of the tapes, company management observed…