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Labor Law (Public Sector)
BTB Annual Legislative Round-up (4 of 4)
December 27, 2017 by
Peter McEntee, Sarah Kanter and Christopher Hammer
Public Sector Right to Organize / Union Representation SB 285 – Prohibition on Dissuading Public Employee to Join a UnionThis bill prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees from becoming or remaining… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Future (Part Three)
September 4, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
In the first two pieces in this series, we took a look at labor’s past, going all the way back to 1877. We’ve seen that starting with the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part Two)
by
Andrew Baker
In the first installment of this piece, we looked at the Great Strike of 1877 and the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937. Passage of the NLRA in 1935… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… Read More
New Law Mandates Union Access to New Employee Orientation In Public Sector
July 3, 2017 by
Susan Garea
AB 119 AB 119 (codified at California Government Code §§ 3555-3559) requires California’s public employers to provide unions mandatory access to new bargaining unit employees at orientation. It also requires the prompt provision of contact… Read More
Cash-in-Lieu of Benefits Payments Trigger Higher Overtime Pay
April 4, 2017 by
Sarah Kanter
In a case that has far reaching implications for unions and workers, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Flores v. City of San Gabriel in June 2016, that when an employer calculates its employees’ “regular rate… Read More
You Say “Confer,” I Say “Consult.” Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off
March 17, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act imposes on covered public employers an obligation both to “meet and confer” and to “consult” with recognized employee unions. Do the different words mean there are two different bargaining obligations? Not really… Read More
Collective Bargaining: The Bone and Sinew of Resistance
September 5, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
This Labor Day marks the beginning of the end of a long and bitter election season, one that has revealed striking divisions within America’s political parties and stark contrasts in each party’s vision of America. … Read More
Student Teaching and Research Assistants Unite!
September 1, 2016 by
Susan Garea
The NLRB on August 23 issued a ruling that private university students who work as teaching or research assistants and who meet the common-law definition of “employee” are no longer excluded from coverage under the… Read More
Expanding Income Inequality: More Evidence That We Need Unions Now More Than Ever
June 28, 2016 by
Andrew Baker
A new study by the Urban Institute has found that the upper middle class is at its largest and richest. The study defines upper middle class as a household of three earning between $100,000 and… Read More
BTB Annual Legislative Round-up (4 of 4)
December 27, 2017 by Peter McEntee, Sarah Kanter and Christopher Hammer
Public Sector Right to Organize / Union Representation SB 285 – Prohibition on Dissuading Public Employee to Join a UnionThis bill prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees from becoming or remaining… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Future (Part Three)
September 4, 2017 by Andrew Baker
In the first two pieces in this series, we took a look at labor’s past, going all the way back to 1877. We’ve seen that starting with the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947,… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part Two)
by Andrew Baker
In the first installment of this piece, we looked at the Great Strike of 1877 and the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937. Passage of the NLRA in 1935… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… Read More
New Law Mandates Union Access to New Employee Orientation In Public Sector
July 3, 2017 by Susan Garea
AB 119 AB 119 (codified at California Government Code §§ 3555-3559) requires California’s public employers to provide unions mandatory access to new bargaining unit employees at orientation. It also requires the prompt provision of contact… Read More
Cash-in-Lieu of Benefits Payments Trigger Higher Overtime Pay
April 4, 2017 by Sarah Kanter
In a case that has far reaching implications for unions and workers, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Flores v. City of San Gabriel in June 2016, that when an employer calculates its employees’ “regular rate… Read More
You Say “Confer,” I Say “Consult.” Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off
March 17, 2017 by Andrew Baker
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act imposes on covered public employers an obligation both to “meet and confer” and to “consult” with recognized employee unions. Do the different words mean there are two different bargaining obligations? Not really… Read More
Collective Bargaining: The Bone and Sinew of Resistance
September 5, 2016 by Teague Paterson
This Labor Day marks the beginning of the end of a long and bitter election season, one that has revealed striking divisions within America’s political parties and stark contrasts in each party’s vision of America. … Read More
Student Teaching and Research Assistants Unite!
September 1, 2016 by Susan Garea
The NLRB on August 23 issued a ruling that private university students who work as teaching or research assistants and who meet the common-law definition of “employee” are no longer excluded from coverage under the… Read More
Expanding Income Inequality: More Evidence That We Need Unions Now More Than Ever
June 28, 2016 by Andrew Baker
A new study by the Urban Institute has found that the upper middle class is at its largest and richest. The study defines upper middle class as a household of three earning between $100,000 and… Read More
