Today is an important day at the NLRB. Today is December 26. The day after Christmas. The week between Christmas and New Years. When many businesses are closed. When many employees take off work to spend time with family. When most people don’t pay attention to the news. Today is also the day NLRB Quickie…

I’m getting a lot of questions about the NLRB’s new Joint Employer Rule. Don’t panic. It doesn’t take effect until December 26. And there will likely be a lawsuit by the International Franchise Association before then seeking to stop it. Also, Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said they’ll introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to kill…

Teamsters want to share in UPS profits. UPS wants a cost-neutral contract meaning any financial gains in one area should be met with concessions in another area. Teamsters say this is delusional and reiterates it wants higher wages and more paid time off (among other demands). All posturing at this point. But interesting lines being…

Union organizing on college campuses has exploded over the past year since the NLRB changed the law prohibiting students from joining unions. I represent a few universities, so this topic fascinates me. One theory for organizing is that graduate students have assumed the brunt of teaching and research responsibilities compared to tenured faculty. It’s a…

Last month a company terminated two employees who secretly recorded conversations with management. Surreptitiously recording conversations was both a felony for violating state law and cause for discipline up to and including termination for violating corporate policy. But that didn’t stop the NLRB from finding in favor of the employees and awarding them reinstatement with…

Meet the new President of the UAW. He says corporate America is “flush with profits” and better get ready for the union to “do what we have to do” to get what it deserves. Also touches on organizing new electricity battery facilities throughout the US. BREAKING: In a remarkable upset, the United Auto Workers have…