In a time when our country desperately needs new jobs, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) is making it harder for businesses to survive. The Board recently delivered three blows to an employee’s right to choose and an employer’s right to be union-free. Labor lawyers and employers had these cases on their radar, as [...]
45,000 Verizon workers are on strike, causing service shortages from Virginia to Massachusetts. One neighborhood in Pennsylvania was without landline phones for four days, and Verizon said they are unable to repair it due to the strike. The company is currently renegotiating its collective bargaining agreement with two unions. The strike seems to be an [...]
UNITE HERE recently paid a group of hospitals $6 million for defaming the hospitals and playing on the vulnerabilities of expecting mothers. This is the end of a fight that starting almost six years ago. The union, which had a labor dispute with the hospitals’ laundry service, sent a postcard to women of child bearing [...]
Has your company ever hired a consultant or attorney to advise you on how to keep your company free from unions? Many employers do. Soon, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) may require employers to report if they employ such consultants. Currently, the law mandates employers report if they hire advisors to help them [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently proposed a rule which would shorten election times, giving employers less time to talk to their employees about the pros and cons of unionization. These proposed “quickie” elections would greatly benefit unions, who already won 67.6% of elections in 2010. Winning two out of every three elections [...]