OSHA plans to allow worker advocates like unions and “community members” to tag along during OSHA inspections – even if the employees are not in a union. While most people know me as an attorney who defends companies from unions. I also deal with OSHA. A lot. You would be surprised to know how often…

President Biden, self-proclaimed “most pro-union president ever” participated in the labor negotiations for the railway industry. He took credit for stopping a potential national freight rail strike. A strike between the private rail companies and their employees, in theory, could have severely crippled the U.S. economy. Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, a former union leader,…

There are several reasons why a company can lawfully refuse to bargain with a union. When unions file unfair labor practice charges against companies for refusing to bargain, the NLRB can seek an injunction in federal district court to force the company to bargain during the investigation of the unfair labor practice charge. Injunctions can…

I recently posted about the NLRB ordering union-friendly, mail-ballot elections at an increased rate despite in-person voting being the preferred method of elections by previous NLRBs for decades. The current NLRB may be poised to take it one step further and replace mail-ballot elections with an e-voting system. President Obama’s NLRB, in 2010, sought solutions…

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Wanna know some of the politics behind the National Labor Relations Board and why it is now making so many pro-union rules and decisions? The Board consists of 5 Members appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The 5 Members are generally divided as: 2 pro-business Republicans; 2…