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.
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 of promoting worker organizing in both the public and private sectors. The Task Force stated its goal was to remove barriers to union organizing efforts.…
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. Union membership dropped by nearly a quarter of a million workers across all industries. The data is even more revealing when looking at the difference…
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 more NLRB injunctions. The GC issued new guidance that impacts employers’ rights during an organizing campaign or while engaged in collective bargaining. Section 10(j) of…
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 department’s Wage and Hour Division, include video training on a variety of Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act topics. Participants can view the content on…
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 drivers for the two companies jointly. The two companies perform very different services and the qualifications for drivers for the two companies is significantly different.…
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 the courts the free choice of the employees. The union has leveled multiple allegations against the company at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Essentially…
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 member of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire. The BIA, New Hampshire’s statewide chamber of commerce, and is a past executive committee member…
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 considering whether to introduce a mandatory vaccine policy as a condition of returning to work or setup some sort of incentive program to encourage employee…
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, regulates Labor Unions, and much much more. The nominee to lead this important agency, and his potential agenda, should be on the radar of every…