Topic
Unionism
371 published works
Alabama Employment Law Report
New Posting Required By NLRB: Notification of Employee Rights
November 14, 2011 is the day that employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) will be required to post a notice regarding employee rights to unionize. The NLRA applies…
Employee Benefits Blog
Companies Should Brace Themselves: It’s Going To Be Easier and Faster to Unionize America
by Stephen D. Erf, Heather Egan Sussman and Sabrina E. Dunlap Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed new rules purportedly intended “to reduce unnecessary litigation” and streamline pre-…
Labor Law Prof Blog
An Alternative Organizing Drive At Wal-Mart
Given traditional unions' inability to organize Wal-Mart stores (not to mention the recent failure at Target), it's perhaps no surprise that worker advocates are seeking a new avenue to press…
Labor Law Prof Blog
New York Target Workers Vote No On Union
The UFCW has recently been making Target a major, well, target of their organizing drives. However, a recent vote in a NY state store went 137-85 against the union. This…
Minnesota Employer
Union Employees
If a group of employees votes to be represented by a union, it usually has a significant effect on the workplace and the employer-employee relationship. For example: The employment relationship…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Update on TSA Screeners Election
As we noted, the results of the TSA screeners' vote on unionization was due today and they're in. It was a nailbiter: 8,369 votes for the American Federation of Government…
ImmigrationProf Blog
American Union?
In this paper AMERICAN UNION, Ruben Botello, J.D., offers what he terms "an alternative approach to all the immigration madness in the U.S. today." Download American Union[1]KJ
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Would You Believe It’s Always Sunny in Unionland?
By Philip B. Rosen, Richard I. Greenberg
Wrestling with some dismal data on the waning strength of America’s organized labor, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis tried to make the best of it. She said in her…
Employment & Labor
Labor Board Considering Change to Long-Term Care Bargaining Units to Promote Unionization
In a move seen to make union organizing easier, the National Labor Relations Board has signaled it may be changing its standards for long-term healthcare bargaining units so that narrow…
Employment Law Matters
Under proposed NLRB rule, all employers must post a notice of employees’ right to unionize and to strike.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is one of the few federal employment/labor laws which does not include a specific provision requiring employers to post a notice related to employee…