Topic
Unionism
371 published works
Employer Labor Relations
NLRB to Re-Visit Unionization of Temps . . . Again
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: Marc R. Jacobs, Esq. For decades prior to 2000, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) consistently found that a bargaining unit was inappropriate when the union sought a unit…
The Faculty Lounge
Cleveland State Law Faces Suit Over Alleged Anti-Union Retaliation
Two former Cleveland State University law school employees - Jean Lifter, a former assistant dean, and Sheldon Gelman, a retired tenured faculty member - are suing the University and Dean…
Labor & Employment Report
NLRB Final Rule Expediting Union Elections Takes Effect Next Week
Absent an injunction issuing in one of the pending cases challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s Final Rule substantially revising its representation case procedures, the rules become effective April 14,…
Global Workplace Insider
The new college landscape: unionizing grad students
By Stephen Romero (US), Mario Barrera (US)
In a matter that could have far-reaching implications for private universities throughout the US, the NLRB’s Regional Director for Region 2 dismissed a petition filed by graduate students of The…
Labor Relations Update
Higher Education Alert: NLRB Trend in Easing Unionization Continues with Recent Decision
The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-2 decision last month in Pacific Lutheran University, 361 NLRB No. 157, in which it significantly modified the standards for determining: (1) whether college or…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Michigan Bill Would Bar Student-Athlete Unionization
With a National Labor Relations Board decision on whether football players at Northwestern may proceed with their unionization efforts looming, Michigan is considering a bill that would prevent student-athletes from…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Congressman Wants to Make Unionization a Civil Right
By Richard W. Schey, Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C.
The Employee Empowerment Act, introduced in Congress on July 30, would make the right to unionize a federally protected civil right, allowing aggrieved employees to file private lawsuits against their…
Employment Law Spotlight
NLRB to McDonald’s: Not Lovin’ It
In a breathtaking announcement issued on July 29, 2014, the Office of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has authorized the issuance of complaints against McDonald’s USC,…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Labor Unions Want Your Email System Too!
By Evan Pontz, Richard Gerakitis
If you have a union in your workplace, or if unions have tried to organize workers in your workplace, you know that unions need ways to communicate with your employees. …
Employment Law Watch
NLRB Ruling Could Allow Unions to Usurp Company Email Accounts
Joel S. Barras and Samantha M. Kagan have posted a new article on Forbes.com. If you think that your company’s email accounts are the company’s to control, think again! The NLRB…