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Unionism
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Huffington Post Now Unionized
There has been a recent trend in the on-line news media of workers starting to organize. In an interesting development on this front, CNN Money reports that the Huffington Post…
Management Memo
West Coast Tech Drivers Unionize – Employment Law This Week
The top story on Employment Law This Week – Epstein Becker Green’s new video program – explores the push towards unionization of West Coast on-demand drivers. Drivers for personal transportation company WeDriveU,…
HR Law Talk
UAW Wins Vote Among ‘Cherry-Picked’ Unit of Maintenance Workers
The United Auto Workers (UAW) is celebrating a rare win among Southern auto plants, after a small unit of maintenance workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Breaking News: UAW Wins VW Manufacturing Plant Vote in Tennessee
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Law Industry Team
On Friday, the United Auto Workers claimed victory in its long-running efforts to organize the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Reportedly capturing 71 percent of the vote (108 in favor…
ContractsProf Blog
Unionizing University Faculty
Five thousand part-time and non-tenure track professors working for the University of Southern California, a private university employing a total of 6,600 faculty, are petitioning the National Labor Relations Board…
Employer Labor Relations
Graduate Students or Employees? NLRB to Weigh In (Again)
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: Jeffrey A. Berman, Mary Kay Klimesh, & Bryan R. Bienias Last week the National Labor Relations Board decided to reconsider whether graduate teaching assistants at private universities should be…
Café con Labor
¡ES INCREÍBLE! PROYECTO DE LEY INTRODUCIDO EN EL CONGRESO CAMBIARÍA DRÁSTICAMENTE LAS RELACIONES LABORALES
By Rene Ruiz
View English Version Here La sindicalización ha disminuido constante e uniformemente a lo largo del país durante los últimos cuarenta años. Aunque muchos puedan discutir las razones que explican este…
BeLabor the Point
It’s Unbelievable! – Bill Introduced into Congress Would Turn Labor Relations on its Head
By Rene Ruiz
Ver la versión en español aquí There has been a consistent and steady decrease in unionization across the Country over the past forty years. Although many can argue as to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Suggesting unionization as a (partial) solution to to federal indigent defense problems
Main September 22, 2015Suggesting unionization as a (partial) solution to to federal indigent defense problemsAn informed reader, in response to the recent NACDL report about the state of federal indigent…
Global Workplace Insider
The New School graduate students seek review of dismissal of petition
In a decision issued on February 6, 2015 the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, Region 2, dismissed a petition for union representation with The New School filed…