Unions have been organizing drivers in Silicon Valley at a rapid pace, and companies are desperate to stop this trend. One tech shuttle provider, which runs daily shuttles for tech workers from San Francisco to corporate headquarters, tried to fight back against this trend by developing a management-run union called The Professional Commuter Drivers Union…

Are your employees fully informed of their Beck rights? Probably not. Unions hate Beck rights because employees can avoid paying a percentage of their union dues. This is oftentimes the only reprieve employees have in non-right-to-work states. In Communication Workers of America v. Beck, the Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Act prohibited…

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision that an Illinois auto dealership illegally discouraged workers from supporting a union. The dealership’s management met with employees to discuss a union organizing effort. The managers (truthfully) stated that bargaining with the union would “start from scratch” and pointed out that…

We previously reported on a National Labor Relations Board decision where Intertape Polymer Corporation won a union election 142-97, but the Board ordered a new election based on unfair labor practices. [See, “Minor Employer Misconduct During Organizing Campaign Nullifies Company’s Victory”] The Board, as expected, found that the company engaged in unlawful surveillance when its…

One limit of the National Labor Relations Act is that it applies only to employees. Independent contractors are not covered by the Act. A Seattle city council member recently introduced legislation that would bring collective bargaining to cab drivers that work as independent contractors who are not covered by the Act. This is another creative…

Over the past few years, we have seen how the pro-union, Democrat-controlled National Labor Relations Board has given new meaning to many terms of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Democrat lawmakers now seek to pile onto the drastic changes to the Act. The recently proposed bill, titled the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy…