Posted on August 1, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) created controversy a couple of years ago when it ruled that handbook policies maintained by T-Mobile USA requiring employees to maintain a positive work environment were illegal because they could be seen as having a chilling effect on employees’ unionizing and collective bargaining rights. Last week, the U.S. 5th […]
Posted on June 2, 2016 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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It is well settled that once a union exercises its weapon to engage in an economic strike, an employer is empowered to continue its business operations through hiring of permanent strike-replacement employees. Whether a strike-replacement employee is “permanent” for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act involves a fairly technical analysis, and includes the […]
Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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On November 21, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) served up a holiday season gift to organized labor—in the form of a new, significantly more “union friendly” view of “solicitation” policies utilized in many non-union workplaces [designed to lawfully limit pro-union solicitation, and other forms of solicitation, which can hamper employee productivity]. The decision […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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On December 30, 2014, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge (“ALJ”) issued his decision in Graymont PA, Inc., available here: Graymont_PA_Inc._Decision. Through Graymont, PA, Inc., the ALJ reminded unionized employers to think twice before implementing workplace policy changes without first notifying the incumbent union and offering an opportunity to bargain about the […]
Posted on April 28, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Yesterday, as expected, several labor unions filed suit in the Dane County Circuit Court, challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s Right-to-Work Law [2015 Wisconsin Act 1]. A copy of the complaint filed by the labor unions is available here: Right to Work Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief Recently, labor unions in Indiana unsuccessfully challenged Indiana’s […]
Posted on May 20, 2014 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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A federal district court decision has struck down an administrative rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board that would require all private sector employers to notify their employees of the right to join a union. The recent decision held that this rule was not lawful and constituted an unreasonable exercise of administrative rule-making powers […]
Posted on May 15, 2014 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Football players under scholarship at Northwestern University can unionize based upon a decision from the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. This is a touchdown in the first quarter for the student athletes as this is the first stage in a litigation that will likely run for several years. The Regional Director held […]