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…

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) supported the Fight for $15 Campaign and its goal to obtain a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers. After receiving no traction in that campaign, unions are now targeting the banking sector and bank tellers specifically. This is not the first time that unions have targeted the banking…

In a much-discussed decision, the Board decided that employees with access to an email system for work purposes have a right to use that email system on non-work time for communications protected by the National Labor Relations Act. [See our prior summary of the decision in Purple Communications in “NLRB to Companies: Your Workers Can…