I am often asked these days whether I think Ohio will become Right to Work. My answer is unequivocally the same each time. No. While I am a supporter of employees having the right to decide whether they want to be in a union, early results from Indiana’s recent foray into being right to work…

Two thousand workers at a manufacturing plant in Northern Wisconsin have been walking the picket line since mid-November. Such a strike would have been commonplace a decade ago. Nowadays, it’s a rarity. While labor has become adept at hit-and-run publicity strikes like the “Fight for $15” one-day stunts, major strikes of over 1,000 workers are…

The National Labor Relations Board has the power to seek injunctive relief against employers. Injunctive relief, like a temporary restraining order, is a remedy that makes the company immediately stop doing something while the parties determine if the company is allowed to do that something in the first place. Here, the company declared impasse during…

After decades of declining membership, unionization rates are increasing thanks in large part to the unionization of non-traditional workforces. In the past, unions found success organizing workers in manufacturing, hospitality, and construction trades. Today, its success is found through technology workers, adjunct professors, digital media, and if unions have their way, Uber drivers. Huffington Post…

I’m sure you remember last year’s coverage of the UAW’s attempt at organizing all workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, facility. Had VW workers voted to unionize, it would have been the first union in a southern automaker and perhaps open the door for the UAW to organize the foreign manufacturers in the South the way…

A company that sells and services air conditioning systems has a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions governing workers’ use of company vehicles. The company wanted to change its vehicle policy to mirror that of its parent company. The company informed the union that it intended to implement this revised policy, and the union responded…