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Labor Law (Private Sector)
NLRB Issues New Rule Gutting Historic Blocking-Charge Policy and Inviting Attacks on Voluntary Recognition Bargaining Relationships
April 8, 2020 by
Andrew Baker
The NLRB has issued a new rule that makes significant changes in the legal landscape for unions pursuing recognition both through the NLRB election process and via voluntary recognition. The new rule effectively guts the… Read More
Trump Labor Board Gives Employers End-of-Year Gifts
February 6, 2020 by
Andrew Baker
In a series of decisions issued in December, the Trump-appointed majority on the NLRB reversed several important Obama Board decisions favoring unions and workers. In addition to the decision to allow employers to unilaterally cease… Read More
Dues Checkoff Authorizations Once Again Suspended Upon Contract Expiration
December 20, 2019 by
Andrew Baker
The Trump Board has rolled back one more union gain from the Obama Board. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to enforce the NLRB’s old, but unexplained, rule that employers are not required… Read More
Make Your Voice Heard: Ninth Circuit Blasts Local Restriction on Bullhorn Use
December 17, 2019 by
Lorrie Bradley
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of a local ordinance that restricted the use of a bullhorn at protests. (Cuviello v. City of Vallejo (Dec. 12, 2019).) In this case, an animal… Read More
COURT REJECTS EMPLOYER ATTACK ON ALRB ACCESS RULE
May 20, 2019 by
Lorrie Bradley
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a longstanding California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (“ALRB”) rule that gives unions access to an employer’s property after written notice and at specific times… Read More
Truckers Deemed Employees – as the Independent Contractor Debate in the Trucking Industry Rages On
May 1, 2019 by
Kena Cador
A federal district court judge has issued a decision rejecting a trucking association’s attack on the California Supreme Court’s recent decision establishing a new test to distinguish between employees and independent contractors for purposes of… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
NLRB to Uber: Let Your Employees Speak
March 13, 2019 by
Lorrie Bradley
The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from putting a muzzle on employees talking to each other about lawsuits addressing employee claims against their employers. And the NLRB’s General Counsel, the chief of NLRA enforcement,… Read More
NLRB Orders Employer to Rescind Enrollment in E-Verify
September 20, 2018 by
Andrew Baker
Employers are permitted, but not obligated, to enroll in the federal government’s E-Verify program to confirm that employees are authorized to work in the U.S. Because enrollment in the E-Verify program is discretionary, not mandatory,… Read More
Labor Day 2018 – Business As Usual Will Not Work
August 31, 2018 by
Andrew Baker
The 2016 Trump election, expanding income inequality, and deep dissatisfaction with the economy, notwithstanding historic low unemployment rates, signal troubled times, and times for big thinking and big action for change. This goes for labor… Read More
NLRB Issues New Rule Gutting Historic Blocking-Charge Policy and Inviting Attacks on Voluntary Recognition Bargaining Relationships
April 8, 2020 by Andrew Baker
The NLRB has issued a new rule that makes significant changes in the legal landscape for unions pursuing recognition both through the NLRB election process and via voluntary recognition. The new rule effectively guts the… Read More
Trump Labor Board Gives Employers End-of-Year Gifts
February 6, 2020 by Andrew Baker
In a series of decisions issued in December, the Trump-appointed majority on the NLRB reversed several important Obama Board decisions favoring unions and workers. In addition to the decision to allow employers to unilaterally cease… Read More
Dues Checkoff Authorizations Once Again Suspended Upon Contract Expiration
December 20, 2019 by Andrew Baker
The Trump Board has rolled back one more union gain from the Obama Board. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to enforce the NLRB’s old, but unexplained, rule that employers are not required… Read More
Make Your Voice Heard: Ninth Circuit Blasts Local Restriction on Bullhorn Use
December 17, 2019 by Lorrie Bradley
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of a local ordinance that restricted the use of a bullhorn at protests. (Cuviello v. City of Vallejo (Dec. 12, 2019).) In this case, an animal… Read More
COURT REJECTS EMPLOYER ATTACK ON ALRB ACCESS RULE
May 20, 2019 by Lorrie Bradley
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a longstanding California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (“ALRB”) rule that gives unions access to an employer’s property after written notice and at specific times… Read More
Truckers Deemed Employees – as the Independent Contractor Debate in the Trucking Industry Rages On
May 1, 2019 by Kena Cador
A federal district court judge has issued a decision rejecting a trucking association’s attack on the California Supreme Court’s recent decision establishing a new test to distinguish between employees and independent contractors for purposes of… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
NLRB to Uber: Let Your Employees Speak
March 13, 2019 by Lorrie Bradley
The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from putting a muzzle on employees talking to each other about lawsuits addressing employee claims against their employers. And the NLRB’s General Counsel, the chief of NLRA enforcement,… Read More
NLRB Orders Employer to Rescind Enrollment in E-Verify
September 20, 2018 by Andrew Baker
Employers are permitted, but not obligated, to enroll in the federal government’s E-Verify program to confirm that employees are authorized to work in the U.S. Because enrollment in the E-Verify program is discretionary, not mandatory,… Read More
Labor Day 2018 – Business As Usual Will Not Work
August 31, 2018 by Andrew Baker
The 2016 Trump election, expanding income inequality, and deep dissatisfaction with the economy, notwithstanding historic low unemployment rates, signal troubled times, and times for big thinking and big action for change. This goes for labor… Read More
