Union Corruption Continues in Cleveland and Kansas
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
In Cleveland, a labor union has been recommended for trusteeship by a federal investigative panel after it was named in a report for misusing funds and violating the Federal Labor Standards Act. The officers of the Teamsters’ Local involved, which has employees in the grocery and warehousing industry, spent over 70% of its members’ dues…
Read More Transferring Employees from One Company to Another May Bust the Union, but Effects Bargaining Still Required
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A company owned multiple car dealerships. One dealership employed six mechanics, all of whom belonged to a union. In 2009, the company shut down the “union dealership” and offered the six employees jobs at its “nonunion dealership.” Five of the mechanics took the job at the nonunion dealership. The five employees were no longer a…
Read More Can Employees Engage in Union Organizing in Mixed-Use Areas Where Work and Non-Work Activity Occurs?
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Most companies have designated work areas and break rooms. Work areas are where employees are on-the-clock performing their job duties. Break rooms are where employees are completely free from engaging in any work-related activity. But, what about mixed-use areas, where some employees relax and some engage in work-related activity? For example, one company had a…
Read More How the National Labor Relations Board Determined Supervisors Could Organize into a Union
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A transportation company employed 40 road supervisors who monitor drivers to ensure they follow company policies. They recommend discipline by filling out “observation notices” when a driver breaks a rule and “pats on the back” when drivers do something positive. The notices and pats on the back are forwarded to a senior supervisor who metes…
Read More Immigrant Temp Workers at Tire Recycler Organize under New Joint Employer Standard
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Advocates for temporary workers are celebrating the National Labor Relations Board’s new joint employer test that has paved the way for a group of Guatemalans in New Bedford, Massachusetts to organize a tire recycler. The recycler has about 70 people, both employees and temporary workers, with a large number of the employees being from Guatemala.…
Read More MGM’s Anti-Union Creation of the Academy Awards
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
We are in the middle of Awards Season—the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, ESPYs, and even the SAG-AFTRA Awards. According to some, the origin of the Academy Award’s sponsor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is anti-union. The Academy (which awards the preeminent Oscars award) was founded in 1927 by Metro Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM) studios in…
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