Topic
Unionism
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Vorys on Labor
NLRB Makes Neutrality Agreements Less Uncertain for Employers
By Nelson Cary
Many commentators have noted the decline in unions' use of the NLRB's formal election process to organize new groups of employees. A central tool that has arisen in its place…
Vorys on Labor
Gov. Elect Kasich Announces Intent to Revoke Executive Order
By Nelson Cary
In 2007, and again in 2008, Governor Strickland signed executive orders that significantly expanded the scope of unionization in Ohio. The executive orders provided a legal framework for certain unions to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
FLRA Allows TSA Officers To Vote On Union
Last week, the FLRA issued a major decision that allows TSA security employees to vote on unionization. In the case, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, the FLRA (with one dissenter)…
Media Law Prof Blog
The NLRB and Captive Audiences
Paul M. Secunda, Marquette University Law School, has published The Future of NLRB Doctrine on Captive Audience Speeches, in volume 87 of the Indiana Law Journal (2012). Here is the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Secunda on the Future of Captive Audience Doctrine
Congratulations to Paul, who has posted on SSRN his piece forthcoming in the Indiana Law Journal: The Future of NLRB Doctrine on Captive Audience Speeches. From the abstract,Under the National…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Pot Workers Unite!
I've been slow to post this news [you may insert joke here], but about 100 medical marijuana workers around Oakland have unionized. A UFCW local organized them and, based on…
Employment Law Watch
Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Must Notify Employees of Right to Unionize
By James A. Burns, Jr., Joel S. Barras
This post was also written by Daniel J. Moore. Just 10 days after taking office, President Obama signed Executive Order 13496, requiring all federal contractors and subcontractors to notify employees…
China Law Blog
China’s Rising Wages: Does it Matter?
By Dan Harris
There has been much press lately regarding rising wages in China and increasing unionization in China and it's all true. Wages are rising in China, particularly in the coastal areas.…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
New Rule Makes It Easier For Airline And Railroad Employees To Unionize
In yet another pro labor move under the Obama administration, the National Mediation Board (“NMB”), which oversees labor affairs of airlines and railroads, has issued a final rule that will…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Graduate Students To Be Considered Employees Under the NLRA Again?
In what may be a precursor to the first Obama NLRB reversal of a Bush Board rule, the UAW recently presented NYU with a petition to have the school voluntarily…