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Decisive Delivery: Amazon Defeats Largest Labor Drive in Company History

By Nelson Cary & Alex Ehler

April 9, 2021

Amazon has defeated the largest labor drive in the company’s history. Today, the NLRB completed a vote count in an election involving employees at Amazon’s facility in Bessemer, Alabama, which employs nearly 6,000 people. Of these nearly 6,000 people, 3,041 mailed in their ballots indicating whether they wished to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The results were remarkably lopsided, with 1,798 employees voting against the Union and 738 voting…

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IAM Files Election Petition for 87 Nissan Tennessee Workers – Another Micro-Unit Test for the Auto Industry

By Allen Kinzer

March 19, 2021

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers filed an NLRB election petition to represent 87 tool and die maintenance technicians at Nissan’s Smyrna, Tennessee auto plant. At the Smyrna facility, Nissan employs approximately 4,300 production and maintenance workers. The IAM union is trying to slice a very small group out of the whole. The IAM’s effort follows two previous UAW losses to represent all of the production and maintenance workers at Nissan’s Smyrna plant.…

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Supreme Court of Ohio Further Clarifies Exception Under the Marketable Title Act in Erickson v. Morrison

By Mark Hylton

March 17, 2021

On March 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio expanded upon its prior decision in Blackstone v. Moore, 2018-Ohio-4959, holding that a reference in a deed that described a previously severed mineral interest, but without identifying the name of the interest owner, was specific under R.C. 5301.49(A), and thus prevented the extinguishment of the interest under the Marketable Title Act. See Erickson v. Morrison, Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-746. Read more about that decision in our…

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More NLRB Changes Coming: Biden Appoints New Pro-Labor General Counsel

By Nelson Cary & Alex Ehler

February 18, 2021

If even a day can make a significant difference, a month can make much more. On February 17, 2021, President Biden nominated Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as the next General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The Biden Presidency has thus far brought unanticipated upheavals to the NLRB. As this blog previously discussed, President Biden, on his first day in office, fired the previous GC of the NLRB, Peter Robb (R),…

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Employer Uniform Policies Back in the Limelight at the NLRB

By Nelson Cary

February 16, 2021

Many employers have policies that require employees to wear uniforms. What if an employee of such an employer, however, wants to instead wear a t-shirt expressing support for a labor union? The NLRB has long regulated an employer’s ability to restrict such a right. But, the NLRB recently signaled that a change in this rule may be in the works. Last week, the NLRB issued an order inviting interested parties to submit briefs to address…

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Rapid Reversals: Acting NLRB General Counsel Issues Flurry of Rescissions Days after Unprecedented Ousting of Predecessor

By Nelson Cary & Alex Ehler

February 2, 2021

Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr has wasted no time in reversing course at the NLRB’s General Counsel office. Yesterday, less than two weeks after President Biden’s unprecedented removal of the NLRB’s GC, AGC Ohr issued a memorandum (GC 21-02) to the NLRB’s regional offices. The memorandum rescinds several general counsel memoranda issued by former GC Robb. The memoranda rescinded range from those AGC Ohr asserts are no longer necessary, such as guidance …

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Divided NLRB Panel Offers Expansive Protections for Wildcat Strikes

By Nelson Cary & Brian Dressel

February 2, 2021

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Last week, an NLRB panel issued a decision in the case of Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC. The decision addresses a number of important labor law issues. Most importantly, this decision reinforces protections for employees who go on a strike on their own without authorization from their unions. These are known as “wildcat strikes.” Typically, the NLRA does not protect employees who engage in wildcat strikes. But, exceptions exist, and the NLRB applied one here. In…

Energy & Environmental Law Blog

Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control hosts Program Advisory Group Meeting

By Ryan Elliott

January 26, 2021

On January 20, 2021, the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) hosted a “Program Advisory Group” (PAG) meeting via Microsoft Teams to inform interested stakeholders of recent and upcoming DAPC activities. The topics discussed during the PAG meeting included: anticipated regulatory changes to address non-attainment of the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS); a report on improvements in air permitting efficiency, and current air permit projects including new exemptions and permits-by-rule…

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General Counsel Controversy Erupts, and New NLRB Chairman Appointed

By Nelson Cary

January 21, 2021

What a difference a day can make. On the first day of the Biden administration, the President gave the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board until 5 p.m. to resign or be fired. GC Peter Robb (R) declined to do so. (Here is a link to the GC’s short letter to the White House.) By the end of the day yesterday, President Biden had fired him. This development is unprecedented. GC…

Energy & Environmental Law Blog

D.C Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Affordable Clean Energy Rule

By Ryan Elliott

January 19, 2021

On January 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit issued an Order vacating U.S. EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule). The 2019 ACE Rule replaced the 2015 Clean Power Plan as a means of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants. The Court held that, while U.S. EPA has the authority to regulate GHG emissions, “the central operative terms of the ACE Rule . . .…

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Decisive Delivery: Amazon Defeats Largest Labor Drive in Company History

IAM Files Election Petition for 87 Nissan Tennessee Workers – Another Micro-Unit Test for the Auto Industry

Supreme Court of Ohio Further Clarifies Exception Under the Marketable Title Act in Erickson v. Morrison

More NLRB Changes Coming: Biden Appoints New Pro-Labor General Counsel

Employer Uniform Policies Back in the Limelight at the NLRB

Rapid Reversals: Acting NLRB General Counsel Issues Flurry of Rescissions Days after Unprecedented Ousting of Predecessor

Divided NLRB Panel Offers Expansive Protections for Wildcat Strikes

Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control hosts Program Advisory Group Meeting

General Counsel Controversy Erupts, and New NLRB Chairman Appointed

D.C Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Affordable Clean Energy Rule

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