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, 2020. . The Quickie Election Rule of 2015 The Obama-era Board implemented the current rules in 2015. The partisan-driven rule change upended eighty years of…
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 is union-free! The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, Local 19 (“Local 19”) disclaimed interest and abandoned the bargaining unit on July 16, 2019.…
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. The NLRB and its new Republican-majority released four landmark decisions, and began rolling back one of the most unfair rules in the history of the…
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 by sea, how many lanterns signaled a liberty take-over by a union? Now more than ever, employers across the country need a ‘Paul Revere’ to warn…
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 be forced to pay fees to a union whether or not they belong to the union. A case that, in the words of Justice Elena Kagan,…
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. The press release announcing the proposed rule can be found here. A federal court blocked the Board’s earlier attempt in 2012 because the Board lacked…
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 ruled that employees are protected from any job action when they actively participate in social media discussions that disparage their employer. The message from this…