Pittsburgh Hospital Unlawfully Interfered with Union Drive
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
This case highlights the nuanced laws of when employers may and may not limit unionization speech at work. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and related hospitals went too far by prohibiting workers from talking about unionization with labor representatives and their co-workers in non-patient-care areas of their facilities. But, medical care employers have the right to…
Read More Details of UPS-Teamsters Labor Negotiations Emerge
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The surge in on-line shopping necessitates an increase in demand of packaged deliveries. This is front and center in the UPS-Teamsters Labor negotiations. It appears that the two sides have reached a tentative agreement to create a category of drivers to handle weekend shifts. This deal calls for the company to review technological changes like the deployment of…
Read More Details of One UAW Executive’s Greed
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
The federal government has quietly been investigating the abhorrent greed of top UAW executives who siphoned money earmarked to fund a new worker training center to support their lavish lifestyles. Remember, these are supposedly the champions of the blue-collar workers earning mid-five-figure incomes; the watchdogs of corporate spending; the megaphones demanding a company should always…
Read More Nebraska Union Caught Running an Illegal Hiring Hall
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Companies setting up exhibits for trade shows frequently are required to use employees provided by the exhibition hall for manual labor. This provides Companies with a ready source of qualified workers to complete their set-up and tear-down. This also provides unions with the opportunity to enter into exclusive hiring hall arrangements with the exhibition hall.…
Read More Unions have a Love-Hate Relationship with President Trump
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
President Trump has championed many issues straight out of organized labor’s wish list – he is pressing manufactures not to ship jobs overseas, he has promised $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, he has threatened a 35% tariff to slow down Mexican imports, and he has vowed to overhaul NAFTA. While President Reagan lined up support…
Read More Teamsters Focuses on Organizing the Logistics Industry
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB, Uncategorized
This post hits close to home – like really close – since Columbus, Ohio is flush with logistics industry companies, warehouses, airports, and thousands of freight trucks. That’s what you get with “greater access to the US market within a 10-hour drive than any other major metro.” And the floundering Teamsters Union wants a piece…
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