During a union organizing drive, a company employee asked the human resource director of Liberty Toyota if low-paid technicians could see the changes in the company’s pay plan without selecting a union. The HR director responded, “I think it’s absolutely possible,” and asked for the opportunity to address pay issues “before you pay [a union]…

Liberty Toyota factually told its Illinois employees that their Florida counterparts were still waiting for a union contract three years after voting for union representation. According to the NLRB, this factual statement “effectively communicated” that if the Illinois employees voted in favor of the International Association of Machinists union, that they too would suffer years…

In an anti-capitalist maneuver, Teamster-represented taxi drivers allege car services like UberX and Lyft are operating illegally and are stealing work from taxi drivers. According to the taxi union in Washington D.C., taxi drivers have to pay 25 cents to the D.C. Taxi Commission for every ride, while UberX and Lyft do not. They have…

Not all union organizers want to organize companies. Some would rather receive $1500 payments every 3 months from companies for NOT organizing their employees. Unfortunately for them (and the companies that pay the extorted sums) this arrangement is illegal. In the end, Detroit produce supplier LaGrasso Brothers Produce was ordered to pay a $500,000 fine…

The United Autoworkers Union will likely not seek another NLRB election in the South until after renegotiating the 2015 contracts for the Big Three automakers in Detroit. After those negotiations end, UAW will probably be in a better position to have unorganized southern autoworkers buy what the union is selling. The success of the UAW…

Under current law established in 2007, an employer can restrict the use of email and company computer systems so long as the employer does not improperly draw distinctions between employees’ personal activities and their NLRA-sanctioned activities because of their protected nature. But as we know, the membership of the Board is different now and this…