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Unionism
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Canadian Lawyer Mag
B.C. plans to make it easier for workplaces to unionize
'Being a great employer is your best possible option in this case'
HR Law Watch
NLRB General Counsel Calls for Expansion of Card Check to Remove Barriers to Unionization
By Karli Lubin Talmo, Shannon D. Farmer
Earlier this week, in an ongoing case between Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo filed a brief calling for the Board…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
“What's Going On” With Unionization in America?
A great American songwriter and singer once wrote ”picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality, talk to me so you can see, what's going on...” –Marvin Gaye,…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Amazon Unionization: Is The New Amazon Labor Union a Sign of the Times?
On April 1st, 2022, employees at e-commerce and IT giant Amazon formed their first historic union thanks to the efforts of two fulfillment center employees in Staten Island. While Chris…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
NLRB General Counsel Will Ask the Board to Find That Captive Audience Meetings Violate the NLRA
By Amanda Beckwith, Keahn Morris, John Bolesta, James Hays
Under well-settled, decades-old precedent, employers have historically been free to hold mandatory “captive audience” meetings to educate employees, share views on unionization, and discuss what employees’ rights are with respect…
Labor Relations Update
NLRB GC Seeks Dramatic Change to Employer’s Right to Speak to Employees About Unionization at Work
By Michael Lebowich, Mark Theodore, Steven Porzio, Joshua Fox, Thomas B. Fiascone
For decades, employers had been free to gather employees to discuss – in a non-coercive manner – the employer’s views on unionization, and had been free to share with employees…
HR Defense
Unsuccessful Union Election? Employers Might Still Be Ordered to Engage in Collective Bargaining
Employers with a workforce seeking to unionize may soon be ordered to bargain even without a union election (or potentially, even if the employer won the election)—if the NLRB's General…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Angela Reddock-Wright Discusses Efforts to Unionize Starbucks Employees – Spectrum News 1
Angela Reddock-Wright Discusses Efforts to Unionize Starbucks Employees - Spectrum News 1 The post Angela Reddock-Wright Discusses Efforts to Unionize Starbucks Employees – Spectrum News 1 first appeared on…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Unionization Efforts by Starbucks Employees Across the U.S. Encourage Other Industries to Follow Suit
In December 2021, a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York became the company’s first store to become a unionized workplace in the U.S. after staff workers voted to join the…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
The biggest workplace story of 2022
Last Friday, workers won the first-ever union election at an Amazon warehouse (a fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York). This is the biggest workplace story of the year, and…