Withdrawal liability is a huge issue facing unionized employers. According to Bloomberg, 93% of the Top 200 largest pension plans are underfunded by a combined $382 billion. Contractors that withdraw from a multi-employer pension plan can face hundreds of
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Owners and Contractors Beware: Pennsylvania (Significantly) Strengthens Contractor Payment Act
Yesterday, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 566 which make major changes to Pennsylvania’s Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act. Owners and General Contractors that fail to take head of the changes could face significant financial consequences.
The Pennsylvania…
What are Section 8(f) Agreements?
Like many areas of federal labor law, there are different rules for construction industry employers. One major difference is in how employers become unionized. Typically, under Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act, a union becomes a collective bargaining…
How to Deal with a Union Picket Line
Any merit shop contractor or project owner with a project where merit shop or mixed merit shop / union shop crews are working will eventually deal with some form of union “picketing.” The term picketing is placed in quotes because…
How to Challenge a Project Labor Agreement
NLRB Slaps New Jersey Contractor for Illegal Double Breasted Operation
A recent NLRB decision underscores the dangers of improperly operating a double breasted construction firm. In Rdm Concrete & Masonry, LLC, Collective Concrete, Inc., & Remco Concrete, LLC, Alter Egos & A Single Employer & New Jersey Bldg. Laborers Dist. Council,…
Retaliatory Discharge: What you can learn from the Smith v. UFC matter?
I don’t know much about the Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”). I don’t follow the sport. However, I do follow the NLRB dockets and the matter Zubba, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship caught my attention. After some diligent research (a/k/a googling…
Are Proprietary Specifications Illegal?
A friend came to me with a question regarding a case he was working: “can a public owner require that bidders use a specific brand name product?” “Of course not,” I said “proprietary specifications are illegal.” Or, at least that’s…
Union “Extortion” Under the Hobbs Act
BREAKING – AFT Union WITHDRAWS Petition to Unionize Penn Grad Students
Last summer, my pro bono representation of a group of University of Pennsylvania graduate students caused a bit of a brou-hah-hah among the SWJ‘s leading the unionization of Penn’s graduate schools. (It also garnered me the most gracious complement…