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Labor Law (Public Sector)
NLRB and ICE Agree to Prioritize Workers Rights Over Immigration Enforcement
June 22, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
Federal agencies administer and enforce statutes. At times, agencies find themselves at cross-purposes, where one agency’s actions interfere with another agency’s enforcement activities. Take, for example, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), which enforces the… Read More
Public School Teachers Dodge Another Bullet (after Friedrichs) as the Court of Appeal Refuses to Void the Education Code in Vergara v. State of California
April 18, 2016 by
Dale Brodsky
First, as a direct result of Judge Scalia’s unexpected demise, a four-four split on the U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve to public sector unions whose agency fees and opt-out provisions were on the chopping… Read More
Court OK’s Single-Issue MMBA Factfinding
April 4, 2016 by
Susan Garea
A California Court of Appeal has rejected employer challenges to Meyers-Milias-Brown Act factfinding. AB 646 enables a union to require an employer to participate in advisory factfinding before an employer can unilaterally impose its last,… Read More
Mandatory arbitration agreements that apply to statutory claims must unambiguously exempt NLRB unfair labor practice charges
February 16, 2016 by
Dalisai Nisperos
Employer mandatory arbitration agreements that apply broadly to employee statutory claims must include a “sufficiently clear statement that all claims arising under the National Labor Relations Act, without limitation or qualification, are excluded from the… Read More
“A crisis from which we bleed” –Martin Luther King, labor and wealth inequality
January 18, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
Throughout his life Dr. King recognized the dangers of economic inequality, both because its sting is disproportionately felt by African-Americans and as a barrier to democratic participation. Dr. King was as concerned with wealth inequality… Read More
Unions Are Good For Kids!
October 21, 2015 by
Andrew Baker
Intergenerational income mobility is relatively low in the U.S. For example, a U.S. child born in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution has a 7.5 percent probability of reaching the top 20 percent… Read More
PERB Affirms Public Employee Right to Strike
April 27, 2015 by
Andrew Baker
A nagging technical question that has been buried in the bowels of the California court and PERB decisions addressing public employee strikes has now been answered squarely and resoundingly by a PERB decision affirming the… Read More
2015 Legislative Update
February 2, 2015 by
Peter McEntee
In this year’s legislative session, as has become a tradition for Governor Brown, a number of labor and employment related statutes were signed (and others vetoed). Some of these new laws are groundbreaking and provide… Read More
A Message to Labor from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2015 by
Teague Paterson
Today is an important day to many of us in the labor movement who, like Dr. King, see labor rights, democratic participation and shared prosperity as civil rights to which all are entitled. In the… Read More
Union Just-Cause Actions: California Supreme Court Grants Arbitrators Authority to Decide Pitchess Motions
December 22, 2014 by
Andrew Baker
The California Supreme Court has issued a decision making it easier for unions to follow the procedures necessary to obtain disclosure of personnel records for law enforcement officers when they are needed to defend grievants… Read More
NLRB and ICE Agree to Prioritize Workers Rights Over Immigration Enforcement
June 22, 2016 by Teague Paterson
Federal agencies administer and enforce statutes. At times, agencies find themselves at cross-purposes, where one agency’s actions interfere with another agency’s enforcement activities. Take, for example, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), which enforces the… Read More
Public School Teachers Dodge Another Bullet (after Friedrichs) as the Court of Appeal Refuses to Void the Education Code in Vergara v. State of California
April 18, 2016 by Dale Brodsky
First, as a direct result of Judge Scalia’s unexpected demise, a four-four split on the U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve to public sector unions whose agency fees and opt-out provisions were on the chopping… Read More
Court OK’s Single-Issue MMBA Factfinding
April 4, 2016 by Susan Garea
A California Court of Appeal has rejected employer challenges to Meyers-Milias-Brown Act factfinding. AB 646 enables a union to require an employer to participate in advisory factfinding before an employer can unilaterally impose its last,… Read More
Mandatory arbitration agreements that apply to statutory claims must unambiguously exempt NLRB unfair labor practice charges
February 16, 2016 by Dalisai Nisperos
Employer mandatory arbitration agreements that apply broadly to employee statutory claims must include a “sufficiently clear statement that all claims arising under the National Labor Relations Act, without limitation or qualification, are excluded from the… Read More
“A crisis from which we bleed” –Martin Luther King, labor and wealth inequality
January 18, 2016 by Teague Paterson
Throughout his life Dr. King recognized the dangers of economic inequality, both because its sting is disproportionately felt by African-Americans and as a barrier to democratic participation. Dr. King was as concerned with wealth inequality… Read More
Unions Are Good For Kids!
October 21, 2015 by Andrew Baker
Intergenerational income mobility is relatively low in the U.S. For example, a U.S. child born in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution has a 7.5 percent probability of reaching the top 20 percent… Read More
PERB Affirms Public Employee Right to Strike
April 27, 2015 by Andrew Baker
A nagging technical question that has been buried in the bowels of the California court and PERB decisions addressing public employee strikes has now been answered squarely and resoundingly by a PERB decision affirming the… Read More
2015 Legislative Update
February 2, 2015 by Peter McEntee
In this year’s legislative session, as has become a tradition for Governor Brown, a number of labor and employment related statutes were signed (and others vetoed). Some of these new laws are groundbreaking and provide… Read More
A Message to Labor from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2015 by Teague Paterson
Today is an important day to many of us in the labor movement who, like Dr. King, see labor rights, democratic participation and shared prosperity as civil rights to which all are entitled. In the… Read More
Union Just-Cause Actions: California Supreme Court Grants Arbitrators Authority to Decide Pitchess Motions
December 22, 2014 by Andrew Baker
The California Supreme Court has issued a decision making it easier for unions to follow the procedures necessary to obtain disclosure of personnel records for law enforcement officers when they are needed to defend grievants… Read More
