Unions struck almost twice as much in 2022 than they did in 2021. Strikes at a level not seen since 2005. Restaurants, retail, manufacturing, health care, others all saw strikes. #MattAustinLaborLaw #LaborLaw #LaborRelations

Employers are allowed to talk to their employees. That’s common sense, right? Not to the NLRB. It wants to eliminate a company’s right to talk to employees about unions. For almost 75 years, employers faced with a union organizing campaign have been able to discuss with their employees the pros and cons of unions, the…

Welcome to The Labor Leader – a weekly recap of the most valuable content on labor relations from an employer’s perspective. The National Labor Relations Act covers both union and non-union private-sector employers. This newsletter is a digest of my views on labor laws, the National Labor Relations Board, and unions. This is a newsletter…

The National Labor Relations Board plans to change the law regarding what it does when a union files an unfair labor practice charge after employees file a petition to decertify the union. The public comment period for this change expired last week. This new process will likely take effect soon. Currently, if a party to…

The general rule is that union elections are done in-person. Both federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board have acknowledged that secret, manual elections are the most reliable and preferred method of assessing whether a majority of employees support union representation. Mail-ballot elections have historically been permitted only when getting voters together was virtually…

The NLRB received a $25 million hike in funding from Congress a few weeks ago. This is the first increase in nearly 10 years. What’s interesting, though, are some of the stats and numbers behind this increase. The Biden administration called for a $43 million boost to the NLRB’s funding. A group of nearly 150…