Campaigning to Congress to Reverse NLRB Joint Employer Ruling Started
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
More than 50 businesses and trade groups are asking Congress to pass legislation to repeal the National Labor Board’s new joint employer standard. As a reminder, in August 2015, the NLRB ruled that “indirect” and “potential” control over workers’ terms and conditions makes a company a joint employer. This rule change exposed a broad range…
Read More NLRB Forces CNN to Rehire and Pay Back Wages to 100 Union Workers Who were Terminated 10 Years Ago
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
In 2003, CNN terminated its relationship with its unionized subcontractor Team Video Services, LLC (TVS). TVS provided CNN with camera crews and other technicians. CNN then created new, non-union positions to replace the TVS workers and hired about 2/3 of TVS’s employees for those positions. The NLRB did not believe CNN’s argument that it terminated…
Read More Key Provisions of Collective Bargaining Agreements (Part 3)
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Negotiations, Subcontracting, Union Security Clause
This is the final installment of the three part series of what I consider some of the most important parts of a collective bargaining agreement. Part I covered the recognition, management rights, and dues check off clauses. Part 2 covered the no strike / no lock out clause, as well as the sympathy strike clause. This last part…
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