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Labor Law (Private Sector)
Court Upholds Residential Picketing Restrictions
October 12, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A court decision upholding restrictions on residential picketing helps clarify when unions can and cannot carry labor disputes to the home of the boss or CEO. San Diego Coun- ty has an ordinance that prohibits… Read More
Employer Cannot Keep Secret its Hiring of Permanent Replacement Workers
A Connecticut nursing home thought it had come up with a clever way to bust the SEIU during an economic strike. Faced with the threat of a long strike, the nursing home began to hire… Read More
Employer’s Refusals to Meet Don’t Prevent Withdrawal of Recognition
The NLRB has long held that an employer may not lawfully withdraw recognition from a union where it has committed unfair labor practices that are likely to affect the union’s status, cause employee disaffection, or… Read More
NLRB Expands Scope of “Supervisors”
In late September the NLRB issued its long-anticipated decision in Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 348 NLRB No. 37, redefining who is a “supervisor” under the National Labor Relations Act. Who is and is not a supervisor… Read More
State Funds May Not be Used to Fight Union Organizing
After many years of litigation and multiple decisions striking down California’s neutrality law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in September reversed its previous decision and upheld the law that bars employ- ers from using… Read More
MMBA Claims Subject to 6-Month Time Limit
September 4, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Effective July 1, 2001, the California Legislature gave PERB exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases alleging violations of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). But, in making this jurisdictional change, the Legislature never specified the statute of limitations… Read More
Public Sector Union Waived Lay-Off Effects Bargaining
May 4, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
According to a recent decision from PERB, unions that do not carefully frame their requests to bargain over the effects of public employer layoffs may waive their right to bargain with the employer. In IAF… Read More
Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
Court Upholds Residential Picketing Restrictions
October 12, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A court decision upholding restrictions on residential picketing helps clarify when unions can and cannot carry labor disputes to the home of the boss or CEO. San Diego Coun- ty has an ordinance that prohibits… Read More
Employer Cannot Keep Secret its Hiring of Permanent Replacement Workers
A Connecticut nursing home thought it had come up with a clever way to bust the SEIU during an economic strike. Faced with the threat of a long strike, the nursing home began to hire… Read More
Employer’s Refusals to Meet Don’t Prevent Withdrawal of Recognition
The NLRB has long held that an employer may not lawfully withdraw recognition from a union where it has committed unfair labor practices that are likely to affect the union’s status, cause employee disaffection, or… Read More
NLRB Expands Scope of “Supervisors”
In late September the NLRB issued its long-anticipated decision in Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 348 NLRB No. 37, redefining who is a “supervisor” under the National Labor Relations Act. Who is and is not a supervisor… Read More
State Funds May Not be Used to Fight Union Organizing
After many years of litigation and multiple decisions striking down California’s neutrality law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in September reversed its previous decision and upheld the law that bars employ- ers from using… Read More
MMBA Claims Subject to 6-Month Time Limit
September 4, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Effective July 1, 2001, the California Legislature gave PERB exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases alleging violations of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). But, in making this jurisdictional change, the Legislature never specified the statute of limitations… Read More
Public Sector Union Waived Lay-Off Effects Bargaining
May 4, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
According to a recent decision from PERB, unions that do not carefully frame their requests to bargain over the effects of public employer layoffs may waive their right to bargain with the employer. In IAF… Read More
Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
