Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton received thousands of signatures from union members seeking to end one of the largest bargaining units in history. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) formed the bargaining unit in 2014 after claiming to have organized 27,000 people who are registered as Personal Care Assistants. The PCAs were not traditional employees,…

I don’t disagree with the law: an employer’s initial success in opposing a union organizing effort is unlawful if there were threats of job loss by management shortly before the vote. I do, however, disagree with what the NLRB determined were unlawful statements by the Company. Here, the employees voted 73-118 to remain union-free. This…

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try (and since you failed on your third try, you’ll have to) try again. Here, a majority of employees filed a decertification petition in 2009. That petition failed. The employees tried again in 2011. That petition failed, too, because the Company unlawfully assisted the decertification. On the third…

Thirty truck drivers and warehousemen represented by the Teamsters Union at Independent Pipe and Supply Corp. in Canton, Ohio stopped working for 60 days. The strike, as usual, necessitated regular police detail. The Canton police responded to more than a dozen disputes and disturbances at the picket line and charged five individuals with crimes ranging…

The National Veterinary Professionals Union recently filed papers with the National Labor Relations Board in an effort to become an officially recognized union. The stated role of the NVPU is to collectively bargain and negotiate for better wages and benefits, safer working conditions, and more workplace support for employee veterinarians, veterinary technicians, unlicensed assistants, client-care…

Every union organizing campaign promises increased wages. Regardless what employee currently make or that they sought out union representation to improve safety conditions at their workplace, every union organizer promises increased wages to offset union initiation fees and monthly dues. It’s. Just. That. Simple. What do unions do when data shows that they are not getting…