Micro-units and the National Labor Relations Board’s “overwhelming community of interest” standard are here to stay. Persuader rules and quickie ambush elections are right around the corner. An aggressive pro-union NLRB will make sure that 2014 is the year that unionization proliferates. Companies wanting to remain union free must at least do the following immediately:…

I recently ran across this meager justification about the benefits of paying union dues. As you can imagine, I disagree with the premise. But more importantly, the Teamsters toss out a conclusion that dues are like taxes, tell us what our taxes go towards, and finish by saying “Union dues are similar.” Here is the…

As many of my loyal blog readers know, I am labor counsel to the Ohio Grocers Association. Although this case deals with a grocery store, the law applies to all companies in all industries. Albertson’s grocery store violated labor law by soliciting grievances from a store cashier during a union organizing drive even though the…

The first – though not last – time this happened was in June, and I’m just now getting around to blogging about it. No excuse. The National Labor Relations Board decided that workers supplied by a temporary staffing agency to clients on a short-term project basis were employees of the staffing firm and constituted a…

Did you know that some Walmart workers who went on strike against Walmart on Black Friday were given gift cards as an inducement to strike against their employer? The UFCW, the union leading the strikes and protests against Walmart, advertised an offer of $50 gift cards to the first 700 employees who walked off their…

If your remember, OUR Walmart – a UFCW backed union organizing committee focused on Walmart – engaged in demonstrations and picketing outside of Walmarts across the country on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) 2012. After their demonstrations were over, OUR Walmart filed unfair labor practice charges against Walmart alleging that Walmart violated labor laws during…