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Union Representation
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Labor & Collective Bargaining
NLRB’s Sobering Decision Permits Union Representation Before Employee Drug Test
By Ian B. Bogaty, Philip B. Rosen, Howard M. Bloom
The National Labor Relations Board has held that a supermarket chain violated the National Labor Relations Act by terminating an employee who refused to submit to a drug test without…
Management Memo
NLRB Drops Next Shoe On Micro-Units In Retail: Finds Bergdorf Goodman Women’s Shoe Sales Employees Not An Appropriate Unit
The NLRB finds that the women’s shoe sales employees at Bergdorf Goodman’s New York Store are not an appropriate unit for bargaining. The Board’s unanimous decision to reverse the Regional…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Volkswagen Workers Vote Against UAW Representation; UAW Challenges Result
Workers at the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted against union representation by the United Auto Workers. The highly anticipated 3-day secret-ballot election, supervised by the National Labor Relations…
Employer Labor Relations
Northwestern Football Players Get in the Game
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: Anne D. Harris. Esq. We recently blogged here about a group of Northwestern University football players who filed a petition for union representation. On February 12, 2014, the Board held…
Vorys on Labor
VW Workers Reject the UAW
By Nelson Cary
By Al Kinzer By a vote of 712 to 626, the VW workers in Chattanooga rejected UAW representation. The defeat leaves the UAW in a precarious state. The UAW was hoping to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
VW Chattanooga Employees Vote Against UAW Works Council
The votes are in, and VW-Chattanooga employees have voted 712-626 against representation by the UAW (participation was 89%). As has been frequently noted in the news, this could…
Vorys on Labor
Volkswagen Workers to Vote on UAW Representation
By Nelson Cary
By Al Kinzer Between February 12 and 14, the polls will be open for the workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga to decide whether they want to be represented by…
Workforce Bulletin
Senate Confirms a “Full” 5 Member NLRB That Includes 3 Union Lawyers – Are You Ready?
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
A post on our colleagues' Management Memo blog will be of interest to hospitality employers: "The Senate Has Confirmed a 'Full' 5 Member NLRB That Includes 3 Union Lawyers – Are…
Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
NLRB ALJ Stifles Drug Testing Process By Allowing Union Representation Before Test
In Ralphs Grocery Co., NLRB ALJ, No. 21-CA-39867, 4/30/13, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge held Ralphs Grocery Co. (“Ralphs”) committed an unfair labor practice by terminating an…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
When is Your Attorney Not Actually Your Attorney?
Sometimes the attorney representing a client is actually retained by the client, and sometimes the attorney is provided to the client. In one recurring situation, union members are provided with…