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NLRB Recess-Appointment Problem Sinks NLRB Regional Director's Complaint Authority 23 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
Author: Howard Bloom Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon did not have the authority to delegate to a Regional Director the authority to issue an unfair labor practice complaint, the U.S. District Cou...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds NLRB's 'Micro-unit' Rule 16 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
A U.S. appeals court in Cincinnati has upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 357 NLRB No. 83 (2011), allowing unions to organize in sm...
NLRB Judge Says Employer's Baseball Cap Logo Restriction Violates Employees' Section 7 Rights 9 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
Author: Daniel D. Schudroff An employer’s policy prohibiting employees from wearing baseball caps other than the employer’s is an unlawful restriction on employees’ Section 7 activity, an NLRB Admini...
Update: Interesting Times on the Hill, But the Real Action Is in the Courts 23 Jul 2013 | 05:34 pm
Author: Tom Walsh Labor law issues again have taken a leading role in Washington politics. As reported on this blog recently, two controversial GOP-supported bills are currently before the House Ed...
Fourth Circuit Finds NLRB Did Not Have Quorum 18 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
Author: Howard Bloom The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday in two cases that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were invalid, and therefore, th...
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Likely to Rejoin AFL-CIO 17 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
Author: Howard Bloom It appears the Change to Win Federation (CTW), labor’s ambitious effort to revive the American labor movement, may be on its death bed. The United Food and Commercial Workers Un...
White House and Senate Close to Deal on NLRB Nominees 16 Jul 2013 | 09:45 pm
Author: Howard Bloom Politico.com is reporting that the Senate and the White House may be close to a deal on President Obama’s package of nominees to the NLRB. Two of the nominees who are seen as th...
Federal Agencies to Cooperate to Increase Prosecutions for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices and Unfair Labor Practice Charges 11 Jul 2013 | 08:29 pm
Authors: Harry J. Joe and Thomas V. Walsh The United States Department of Justice announced on July 8, 2013 that its Civil Rights Division’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration – Related Unfair...
Splitting Hairs on Statements Relied Upon to Support Withdrawal of Recognition 24 Jun 2013 | 10:06 pm
Author: Chad Richter An employer failed to demonstrate a loss of majority support for a union and unlawfully withdrew recognition when it relied in part on employees’ written statements that they ...
New Court Challenge to NLRB's Authority to Act 24 Jun 2013 | 08:05 pm
Author: Howard Bloom The National Labor Relations Board is facing a new court challenge to its authority. Daycon Products Company, Inc. has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to rule on whet...
