Steelworkers Playbook on How They Plan to Reform Labor Law
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The United Steelworkers of America recently wrapped its annual convention where it called for “true labor law reform in the United States” and where it vowed to enact these changes: Workers should have a right to a representation election within 30 days of filing a petition for one Workers should have access to neutral voting…
Read More The Laborers Union Guilty of Union Busting
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA and Laborers) did not hire a union contractor to oversee a massive renovation at its Washington D.C. headquarters. The union awarded a major renovation on its $28 million downtown office building to Davis Construction. Adding insult to injury, Davis Construction is in the midst of a labor…
Read More Subway Franchise Employees Vote In Favor of Union Validating Union’s Efforts to Organize Fast Food Industry
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Employees of a Subway franchise in Bloomsbury, N.J. voted 8-5 to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 108. While this is great fodder for unions to hark the success of its 3-year effort to organize the fast food industry, these 13 employees are hardly the poster children for a successful campaign.…
Read More Jimmy John’s Illegally Fired Workers for Inferring to Public that Sandwiches are Made by Sick Employees
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Jimmy John’s franchisee MikLin Enterprises, Inc. does not offer its employees sick leave. Instead, if an employee is sick, he or she can take time off only after ensuring that his or her shift is covered. Some employees do not like having the burden placed on them to find replacements and would rather be allowed…
Read More NLRB Strikes Deal to Protect Ecuadorian Employees in the United States
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Richard Griffin, the Board’s General Counsel, and Nathalie Cely, Ecuador’s Ambassador, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) setting forth a framework for cooperative efforts to provide Ecuadorian workers information and guidance regarding their rights and responsibilities under the National Labor Relations Act. This memorandum is virtually identical to the one that former acting General Counsel…
Read More From the Horse’s Mouth: NLRB Telling Companies “Why Should You (Or Your Client) Cooperate with the NLRB”
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The paragraph below is taken verbatim from the August 25th newsletter published by NLRB Region 13 (Chicago). From a management lawyer’s perspective, this appears to be a thinly veiled threat of intimidation by the Board for companies to forego some of their rights and blindly yield to the Board’s allegations. Nonetheless, it does a good…
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