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Unionism
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Vedder Works
You Can’t Miss a Shot If You Don’t Show Up to the Game: Union Pulls Petition to Unionize Dartmouth Basketball Team
By Peyton Demith, Fernanda Contreras
On December 31, 2024, Service Employees International Union, Local 560 (SEIU), the union seeking to represent the men’s basketball team at Dartmouth College, withdrew its petition to the National Labor…
Labor and Employment Compliance Blog
Employers Must Proceed with Caution When Commenting on Impacts of Unionization
On November 8, 2024, in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) tightened restrictions on what employers can say to workers about the impact of unionization.…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
New NLRB Ruling: Employer "captive-audience speeches" on unionization are now illegal
In a significant decision, the NLRB ruled that requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings under the threat of discipline or termination violates their Section 7 rights. This is a short-term…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
NLRB Prohibits Captive Audience Meetings
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision finding that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by requiring employees to attend meetings in which the employer…
HR Law Talk
NLRB Releases Two Major Decisions Less Than a Week Apart
By Tim K. Garrett, Hunter K. Yoches
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently issued two rulings that caused a seismic shift in what is permissible employer conduct during a union organizational campaign. While there…
HR Law Watch
NLRB Bans Captive Audience Meetings and Limits Employer Campaign Statements in Recent Cases
By Shannon D. Farmer, Rebecca A. Leaf
Reversing decades of precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued two recent decisions that will significantly restrict the right of employers to provide information to their employees about the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, November 15, 2024
Late last week, the Board ruled that employers could violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by notifying employees that unionization would restrict their ability to address workplace concerns directly…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
NLRB Bans Mandatory Informational Meetings, Overturns 76-Year-Old Precedent
By By John T. Merrell, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The NLRB issued a decision prohibiting employers from holding mandatory employee informational meetings to discuss their views on unionization. The decision overrules a seventy-six-year-old Board precedent that had…
Employment Law Worldview
Deja Brew All Over Again: NLRB Overturns Decades of Precedent, Further Restricting Employer Speech (US)
By Gabrielle Martin, Joe D'Andrea
Any question whether, in light of the recent election outcome, the Democrat-majority members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) would scale back their high-profile efforts to rewrite…
Labor Relations Update
Don’t Say That: NLRB Overrules Forty-Year Precedent, Increasing Scrutiny on Employer Statements Regarding the Impact of Unionization
By Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox, Delia Karamouzis
On November 8, 2024, in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) by…