Symphony Allowed to Negotiate Private Deals with Performers, Now Union Wants to Know the Details
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A symphony orchestra that agreed to pay some of its musicians more than a collective bargaining agreement provides must disclose the “overscale” arrangements to the musicians’ union. The Denver Musicians Association has waived any right to negotiate such contracts for individual musicians, but the ALJ said the information is relevant to the union’s representation of…
Read More Disneyland Union Workers Angry Over Family Free Day Policy
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
In previous years, “cast members” (the name for Disney employees) enjoyed a special Disney Family Holiday Celebration. The Celebration granted free access, discount vouchers, and complimentary snacks at both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. This was done as a token of appreciation for the workers’ hard work. But now union flyers are circulating among workers…
Read More Unions Have a Sexual Harassment Problem
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Harvey Weinstein’s closet isn’t the only one with skeletons in it. America’s labor movement, which has long touted is pro-worker bona fides has a troubling harassment history of its own. Female employees of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Executive Vice President Scott Courtney, who had led the…
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Longtime Teamsters boss John Coli Sr. – a former key ally of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner now faces federal extortion charges. Leaders of Teamsters Local 726 has a 15-year, rent-to-own deal on an office building. But the Teamsters International in Washington D.C. dissolved Local 726 and its members became part…
Read More Union On Hook for Non-Member Worker’s Back Pay After Refusing to Represent Him
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB, Uncategorized
A discharged Cummins, Inc. plant worker who wasn’t a union member may be entitled to have the Machinists union pay his lost wages after the union refused to arbitrate his complaint contesting the firing. Machinists Talbot Lodge No. 61 represents all of the production and maintenance employees at a Tennessee Cummins plant, but a union…
Read More Congressional Dems’ Play on Words: Offer Unions a “Better Deal”
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Congressional Democrats recently unveiled their “better deal” economic plan seeking to enhance protections for unions and their members. The “better deal” is the Democrat talking points for the mid-term elections during the fall of 2018. “Should we get the majority, this will be at the top of our list in early January 2019” said Senator…
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