Six months ago, we told you about a new Oregon statute that undermines employers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). (Click here for that article.) In brief, while Section 8(c) of the NLRA permits employers to express their views on unions in mandatory group meetings, the Oregon statute prohibits employers from disciplining employees [...]
Since January 2008, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been operating with just two members (one Democrat and one Republican). The result has been a number of legal and political issues as the Judicial branch struggles with questions of the right to operate with only two members and the political branches struggle to fill [...]
According to the National Labor Relations Board, during the first half of 2009, union representation elections in the private sector were down almost 28% (from 813 to 588) compared to the same time last year. However, union victories soared up from 66.5% last year to 73% this year.
Lately, state governments have begun to legislate on labor issues specifically reserved for the federal government. The question is, will this stop? Recently, Oregon’s legislature overrode the Governor’s veto of a pro-labor bill. The bill prohibits employers from disciplining workers who opt out of employer-sponsored meetings aimed at communicating the employer’s position on religious and [...]
Senator Arlen Specter could be the deciding vote on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). That is, if the bill ever gets to the Senate floor. A Republican for more than 4 decades, Specter switched to the Democratic Party in April of this year. With the switch came hope for the Democrats that they [...]