Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton received thousands of signatures from union members seeking to end one of the largest bargaining units in history. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) formed the bargaining unit in 2014 after claiming to have organized 27,000 people who are registered as Personal Care Assistants. The PCAs were not traditional employees,…

Thirty truck drivers and warehousemen represented by the Teamsters Union at Independent Pipe and Supply Corp. in Canton, Ohio stopped working for 60 days. The strike, as usual, necessitated regular police detail. The Canton police responded to more than a dozen disputes and disturbances at the picket line and charged five individuals with crimes ranging…

The National Labor Relations Act is 81 years old. Nearly 70 years ago, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed that an employer has no obligation to finance a strike against itself by paying wages to employees during a strike. Relying on this, labor practitioners have routinely stopped wages, health care, and other perks of employment…

A female who identifies as male works at a hospital in New York as a cleaning and sanitation specialist. He is a member of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. He has health insurance through the union’s self-insured plan. Two years ago when he sought authorization for his hysterectomy, he was told that it would…

A nursing home operator operates six healthcare facilities represented by the Service Employees International Union. The Union prepared flyers and stickers stating that the operator had recently been “busted” when an NLRB regional director issued an unfair labor practice complaint against the Company. A complaint is just an allegation, so the Company was not “busted.”…

Health insurance is one of the most contentious issues raised during bargaining. A health insurance provider terminated its contract with a unionized hospital. The hospital sought the consent of its union, the Michigan Association of Police, to change its members’ coverage at the end of the year. The Company and the Union could not reach…