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GT L&E Blog
Sept. 28 WEBINAR | Historic NLRB Ruling Gives Workers Path to Unionize Without Having to Vote
Please join GT Labor & Employment Practice Shareholders Jonathan Sulds and Justin Keith Thursday, Sept. 28 at 12 p.m. ET in for a webinar following the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB)…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers
By Robert S. Seigel, Jonathan J. Spitz, Richard F. Vitarelli
In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws…
Labor & Employment Report
Wait – College Football Players Really Are Suing for Pay?
By Fiona W. Ong
In my blog post last week, It's Football (Unionizing) Season..., I tackled the topic of whether football players who receive athletic scholarships to play for a private college or university…
Labor Relations Update
What A Week…NLRB Unleashes Slew Of Preceding-Shifting Decisions And Paves The Way For Increased Unionization
By Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox, Alexander J. Blutman, Raymond Arroyo
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) engaged in a pre-Labor Day frenzy that coincided with the conclusion of Member Gywnne Wilcox’s 3-year term. Labor Relations Update has been…
Labor Relations Update
Here We Go Again: Board Resurrects “Quickie” Election Rules
By Steven Porzio, Joshua Fox, Melissa C. Felcher, Raymond Arroyo
With over 58,000 workers reportedly unionizing so far in 2023 and the number of representation petitions on the rise, it comes as no surprise that the National Labor Relations Board…
Labor & Employment Law Navigator
NLRB Gives Organized Labor An Easier Path To Unionization
By Brian Kelly
In a huge victory for organized labor earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board paved the way for unions to represent workers even without holding a formal representation vote. The…
Vedder Works
Unionization Upon Demand:NLRB Announces Most Significant Change to Labor Law in 50 Years
By Eugene A. Boyle, Greg Ripple, Ken Sparks, Candice T. Zee, Peyton Demith, Hope Goldstein
Today, in perhaps the most significant change in federal labor law in more than 50 years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) announced a new framework that determines…
Labor & Employment Insights
Teach, Hit the Lab, Grade Some Papers and… Unionize? NLRB Rules That Private University Graduate Students Can Unionize
By Keith S. Anderson, Anne R. Yuengert
Are PhD students at a private university who also teach courses and grade papers – tasks that are a part of their development but also certainly assist the university –…
BeLabor the Point
Is Civility in the Workplace Dead?
Ver la versión en español aquí Prior to 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took a three-pronged approach to analyzing whether vulgar, threatening, or offensive speech by employees fell…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
NYC Comptroller’s Shareholder Proposal Threatens to Curb Employers’ NLRA Free Speech Rights and Employee Free Choice
By Publisher, Rachel E. Roney (Ehlermann)
On March 31, 2023, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, on behalf of the five New York City retirement systems, announced a new shareholder proposal at Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.,…