There has been a lot of recent activity by Congress and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision striking down 600 NLRB decisions. Here’s an update on what’s taken place and where things stand.
New Members Sworn In
After operating for over 2 years with only 2 members, the Board [...]
On June 17, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court, in another five to four decision, invalidated 27 months of decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). Those decisions (around 600) resolved various labor disputes, including unfair labor practice allegations, union election disputes, and collective bargaining disputes. The problem was those decisions were made by a two [...]
With bipartisan support failing in the Senate for President Obama’s three appointees (two Democrats and one Republican) to the National Labor Relations Board, the President decided to charge ahead anyway. When the Senate entered its spring recess, President Obama bypassed Senate approval for the two Democrat appointees by making recess appointments. The slate of appointees [...]
A few weeks ago, the AFL-CIO (one of the two major labor federations) held over 200 rallies, demonstrations, and other events aimed against major Wall Street financial institutions including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo/Wachovia. These events were part of the labor federation’s campaign (which began earlier [...]
As we continue to follow the developments of an Oregon pro-union statute, here’s the latest. As we wrote last month, an Oregon business group and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are challenging a Oregon statute which limits employer’s rights to speak out against unions under the National Labor Relations Act (click here for that article). [...]