Transferring Employees from One Company to Another May Bust the Union, but Effects Bargaining Still Required
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A company owned multiple car dealerships. One dealership employed six mechanics, all of whom belonged to a union. In 2009, the company shut down the “union dealership” and offered the six employees jobs at its “nonunion dealership.” Five of the mechanics took the job at the nonunion dealership. The five employees were no longer a…
Read More MGM’s Anti-Union Creation of the Academy Awards
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
We are in the middle of Awards Season—the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, ESPYs, and even the SAG-AFTRA Awards. According to some, the origin of the Academy Award’s sponsor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is anti-union. The Academy (which awards the preeminent Oscars award) was founded in 1927 by Metro Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM) studios in…
Read More Secretary of Labor Misconstrues Advantages of Being in a Union
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez recently published a blog post painting a very rosy picture of union membership. He cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to support his conclusion that the median weekly earnings for union workers last year were $200 a week more than for non-union workers. This “fact” seems to be…
Read More NLRB Division of Advice Decides Common Union Avoidance Statements are Lawful
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A union recently tried to organize a bakery and café operator’s stores at Philadelphia International Airport. The employer promptly responded to the union organizing effort through employee meetings and a letter from the company’s CEO. In his letter, the CEO asked whether employees “really want a union to be your spokesperson instead of having a…
Read More Critical Immediate Steps to Help Stay Union Free in 2014
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Micro-units and the National Labor Relations Board’s “overwhelming community of interest” standard are here to stay. Persuader rules and quickie ambush elections are right around the corner. An aggressive pro-union NLRB will make sure that 2014 is the year that unionization proliferates. Companies wanting to remain union free must at least do the following immediately:…
Read More Combatting Micro-Unit Union Organizing Techniques
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Faced with difficulties in organizing broader units in a number of industries, some unions have adopted a strategy of targeting smaller units in order to convince a smaller number of employees to vote in favor of union representation. This is called micro-units. You can read more about micro-units on my website here. As a refresher…
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