The National Labor Relations Board held that an employer did not violate a union worker’s rights during a police investigation of the worker’s gun violence threat by not providing the worker with a union representative because the investigation was conducted by the police, not the company. Here’s the back story: An EMT learned that the…

About 60% of adults have a favorable view of labor unions and businesses according to a Pew Research Center survey. This is a 10% increase since March 2015, and favorable opinions of each are at their highest levels in nearly a decade. In the “not really news” category: Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents are much more…

Many union leaders, like Stuart Appelbaum, the head of the most powerful retail workers union (Retail Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU)) are optimistic about the future. While membership at many unions has shrunk, Appelbaum’s RWDSU has had recent notable victories in the generally hard-to-organize retail world by unionizing employees at H&M, Zara, Duane Reade,…

The United States now has more right to work than compulsory unionism states. In right to work states, employees are not forced to be in a union just to work at a union company. Employees, instead, choose whether to join the union and pay union dues or not pay union dues. Regardless of their decision,…

Conducting workplace investigations is one of the hardest tasks for HR managers. Getting unwilling witnesses to come forth, finding out what information is applicable, and making sure the process is as fair to the alleged violator as to the alleged victim are challenging enough without the NLRB’s influence weakening the process. Until recently, to get…

The UAW successfully negotiated into collective bargaining agreements with Ford, GM, and FCA (Fiat Chrysler) a Legal Services Plan that commences today. According to a press release: “I am pleased to announce that UAW members will be able to participate in this benefit starting next Wednesday, and I would like to commend vice presidents Jimmy…