AFL-CIO Joins SEIU in Announcing Staff Layoffs

I recently reported that the SEIU slashed its budget by $90,000,000. Not to be outdone, the AFL-CIO is laying off a lot of workers. The AFL-CIO is dismissing dozens of staff members – both union and management – amid continuing declines in union membership. Oh yeah, they, too, are blaming President Trump and his not-yet-enacted…
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Window Washers Awarded Back Pay Eight Years After Bringing Claim to NLRB

Some of my clients want to get rid of the union that represents their employees. They believe that if they close their company and reopen under another name, perhaps in a different location, that the union will no longer represent their employees. I have to tell them that they are wrong. According to a public…
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Buckeye Fans: Is a Red Shirt, Grey Pants Dress Code an Unlawful Anti-Union Policy?

In the early 2000’s the United Autoworkers (UAW) unions began trying to organize the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi. Nearly 15 years later, it’s still trying. According to the UAW, “many” Nissan employees recently began wearing pro-union t-shirts and hats to work. In response the company changed its almost anything goes dress code to one…
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