Why Union Avoidance?
First of 2 Parts in NLRA’s Union Avoidance Series Benjamin Franklin is famous for saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” While many of us, more…
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Labor Relations Enrichment Protects Your Merit Shop Status
Government Decisions Empower Unions: What You Need to KnowIn the current landscape, where government and legal frameworks increasingly support unionization, businesses must adopt proactive strategies to maintain their merit shop…
Activist NLRB Sets Sites on Non-Compete Agreements
Introduction Non-compete agreements have long been used by employers to protect their business interests, prevent the loss of valuable trade secrets, and retain key talent. However, recent developments by the…
NLRA Managing Partner Interviewed about the Amazon Union Effort at CVG
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel NLRA in The News News report on the drive to organize Amazon’s CVG hub with NLRA’s Managing Partner, Jim Allen.
Campaign Consultant-Choose Wisely
Choosing the right consultant for your union campaign can be a tricky proposition. If you have received a petition from the NLRB recently, you have likely been bombarded with calls,…
UNION AVOIDANCE – THE FOUR “C’s”
Part 2 of 2 in NLRA’s Union Avoidance SeriesThere are four things that must be in every business owner’s union avoidance toolbox. Companies should monitor these on a regular basis…
WHY UNION AVOIDANCE?
First of 2 Parts in NLRA’s Union Avoidance Series Benjamin Franklin is famous for saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” While many of us, more…
Collective Bargaining – 5 Critical Steps to Guarantee a Win
Union Election Defeat? All is Not Lost – You Can Still Win! You lost a union election. Now the union is demanding you begin the collective bargaining process. You just…
More About Good Faith Bargaining
“Good faith bargaining” – a concept that can be quite simple and extraordinarily complex all at once. The basics as discussed in Part 1 of this Blog series seem clear.…
Abruzzo Targets Employers
In a recent memo released by Jennifer Abruzzo, the new General Counsel (GC) of the Biden NLRB, puts the focus on Section 10(c) of the Act. This section of the…
WH and Union Organizing
The Biden administration created the White House Task Force on Worker Organization and Empowerment on April 26, 2021. The task force recently released a pro-union report with the overall goal…
Union Membership Rate Drops
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report last week showing a drop in union membership. Just 10.3% of wage earners chose to belong to a union in 2021.…
Do Unions Win Most Elections?
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” Mark Twain There is an National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) statistic that union’s love to cite, namely that unions…
OSHA Vaccine Mandate
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a plan to require all private employers with one hundred (100) or more employees to ensure that their workers are fully vaccinated against…
NLRB Injunction – Watch Out!
A new presidential administration means a new General Counsel (GC) for the National Labor Relations Board. The change at the NLRB brings new guidance and priorities for the board, including…
Prevailing Wage Training
The U.S. Department of Labor is offering virtual compliance seminars in August for employers and contractors including prevailing wage training and other issues facing employers. The sessions, presented by the…
Trashing the Union
Hazardous Waste Company Trashes Union Organizing Attempt A California-based hazardous waste hauler and an Arizona-based waste hauler sent the Teamsters packing. Teamster Local 166 filed a single petition to represent…
Union Vote – Amazon – Cont’d
Despite receiving barely 12% of the vote from eligible workers in Amazon’s high profile Bessemer, Alabama facility, the RWDSU is pulling out all the stops to try to overturn in…
Right to Work in New Hampshire?
The following is an article from an NLRA client and prominent business leader, Kyle Reagan. Kyle W. Reagan is chairman and chief executive officer of DECCO Inc., and an active…
Workers Reject Teamsters
Employees at a Massachusetts-based client of NLRA recently rejected the Teamsters by a comfortable margin. The company with three decades of expertise, is an industry leader in its field. It received…
Work Rules v. Social Media
Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of race discrimination claims by a bank employee. The bank terminated the employee for a social media post. Employers have wrestled…
What is Good Faith Bargaining?
When a union is certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) or voluntarily recognized by an employer creates an obligation under the law for both the union and the…
DOL Reinstates Double Fines for Wage Violations
In an unsurprising move, the Biden administration announced the rollback of a Trump-era policy which will penalize businesses. Employers who violate the wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act…
Mandatory Vaccine Policy
As COVID-19 vaccines become increasingly available across the country, businesses are starting to bring their employees back into the office. With the influx of vaccines rolling in, many employers are…
DOL Regulations New Agenda?
The Department of Labor (DOL) issues regulations and oversees workplace safety through OSHA, wage laws through the Wage & Hour Division, regulates federal contractors subject to the Service Contract Act,…
New OSHA Covid-19 Guidance
On January 29, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its Guidance to reflect developments in science, best practices, and standards regarding exposure and preventative practices in the workplace…
Election Campaign Landslide Victory!
CARDS NEO in Grove, OK, formerly owned and operated by Bernice Sanitation, was acquired and became part of the CARDS family of companies in July 2020. The CARDS leadership team,…
Requests for Information Clarified
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) commands that an employer must bargain in good faith with a union. To this end, the employer must furnish all information relevant to the…
Independent Contractor? – New Rule?
Independent Contractor Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act The Department of Labor on January 6, 2021 clarified, with a much-needed final rule, the standard for determining independent contractor status.…
All You Need to Know About Your Mail-in Election
In the world of COVID-19, the National Labor Relations Board has made a key shift in policy for union elections. The change from the pre-pandemic preference of in-person voting to…
The PRO Act – Bad for Business
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (“The Pro Act”), would amend longstanding labor laws and give unions unprecedented power. Fortunately, the disastrous bill only passed the House and is…
Union Risk – Ignored or Managed?
It is vital that every business closely monitors its union risk. A union organizing effort can derail the strongest of companies – hurting its image, productivity, and profitability. As long…
Better Business = Decisive Victory
Employees at American Paper Bag (“APB”), a start-up bag manufacturer in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania have overwhelmingly rejected the Teamsters. In a recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) representation election, 83% of…
Summer Heat – Summer Success!
2020 has by all measures, in virtually all ways, been anything but a success. As Winston Churchill was working to form the United Nations after WWII, he famously said, “Never…
Union Organizing or Covid-19 – The Bigger Threat
Businesses Shutdown – Union Organizers Did Not The third week in March the roaring American economy screeched to a halt. A novel coronavirus was sweeping around the glove despite early…
Union Petition? 3 Critical Steps to Take
When a business receives an National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union petition, there are three critical steps it must take. These steps are critical for businesses regardless of size. Failure…
NLRB Postpones Election Protection Final Rule
In a press release today, the NLRB announced it has postponed the effective date of the Election Protection Final Rule. The new effective date will be July 31, 2020. The…
Virtual Campaigning During Covid-19 – What is it?
These are the days of virtual gaming, virtual dating, and even virtual doctor visits. So, why not a virtual campaigning during Covid-19? After all, what is a campaign other than…
Balancing Covid-19 + Labor Relations
NLRA stands ready to support businesses balancing Covid-19 and labor relations needs during this crisis. We bring strong value to companies struggling to navigate this crisis. Most importantly, our decades…
The Effects of Covid-19 on Employers and Unions
These are challenging days for all businesses as we are all forced to adjust to the new reality of a near-total shutdown of the entire economy. Covid-19 has stopped the…
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE DISMISSED!
St. Gabriel, a Veritas Senior Living Community in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina received a phenomenal outcome in the recent unfair labor practice proceedings against it at the National Labor Relations…
NLRA WINS UNION ELECTION!
Brenntag Mid-South part of Brenntag North America staved off a challenge by The International Chemical Workers Union Council (ICWUC)/UFCW at its Henderson, Kentucky headquarters. This is the second union election…
Union Election Victory
The old saying “you can’t lose what you never had” is a best case scenario when facing a union election. Better stated for that situation is “you can’t lose an…
NLRB Election Rule Shake Up
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a final rule over the holidays and restored balance to its union election procedures. The new NLRB Election Rule takes effect April 16,…
All Shore Heating & Air Conditioning is UNION FREE!!
All Shore Heating & Air Conditioning is UNION FREE!! Twenty months after being served with a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) petition for representation and Thirteen months after losing the…
DECCO’S COMEBACK WIN!
It started out like any other fall day, at Decco, Inc., New England’s premiere provider of high purity pipe fitting, construction, and service work to bio-pharmaceutical, technology, and manufacturing industries.…
Union-Free! MC Custom Sheet Metal Celebrates
Union-Free! MC Custom Sheet Metal Celebrates Union-free! Fifteen months after being served with a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) petition for representation, MC Custom Sheet Metal of West Berlin, NJ…
NLRA Helps Another Family Business Become Union-Free
NLRA Helps Another Family Business Become Union-Free After a three-month battle at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), Paramount Truck Body is union-free! The United Food and Commercial Workers International…
New Labor Board Goes Nuclear
New Labor Board Goes Nuclear Nuclear? Exaggeration? No! In one week, the NLRB brought fairness to parts of the nation’s labor policy. The week of December 11, 2017 was historic. …
Gorsuch – Why Every Business Owner Should Support Him.
Gorsuch – Why Every Business Owner Should Support Him. Every American business owner run, do not walk, to the phone/computer and call or email your senator. Make it clear to them…
THE UNIONS ARE COMING!
THE UNIONS ARE COMING! THE UNIONS ARE COMING! Thanks to the Ambush Election Rule, you only have 3 weeks to defend yourself. If one is by land and two is…
NLRB to end challenge to ‘notice posting’ rule
NLRB to end challenge to ‘notice posting’ rule The NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule, which required businesses to post notifications reminding workers’ about their right to unionize, has met its end. The…
Agency Fees May Not Be Required
Agency Fees May Not Be Required The Supreme Court heard arguments on a case out of Illinois – Harris v. Quinn – this past week about whether or not workers can…
Re-Issuing the “quickie” election is payback to big labor by liberal administration
Re-Issuing the “quickie” election is payback to big labor by liberal administration The NLRB has renewed its push to speed up the union election process, and employers should take note. …
Union Violence: Myth holdover from the Days of Jimmy Hoffa?
Union Violence: Myth holdover from the Days of Jimmy Hoffa? Unfortunately the answer to the question is… No! Ronald K. Hooks, Director NLRB Region 19 in Seattle, recently filed charges…
Can You Fire Someone For A Bad Attitude?
Can You Fire Someone For A Bad Attitude? The NLRB says “Yes,” but… In a recent case brought against Copper River, a restaurant in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, the Board held…
Disparaging Social Media Discussions: Protected Activity According To The NLRB
Disparaging Social Media Discussions: Protected Activity According To The NLRB In what can only be seen as a further erosion of Employers’ rights under the current NLRB, the Board has…