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NLRB Reinstates Rule Barring Overly Restrictive Severance Agreements
March 10, 2023 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
On February 21, 2023, an NLRB majority overturned a pair of Trump-era rulings that made it easy for employers to use severance agreements to limit the legally protected union rights of former employees. In their… Read More
Trump NLRB Destroys Historic Protections for Workers Engaged in Union Activities
August 31, 2020 by
Andrew Baker
It can be discouraging keeping track of the Trump NLRB’s rollback of worker rights, but it’s important for unions and their members to keep abreast of the shifting legal landscape. One recent setback alters the… Read More
NLRB Finds Board has No Jurisdiction Over Faculty at Religious Schools and Universities
June 16, 2020 by
Kena Cador
In an additional blow to union organizing at schools and universities, the Trump NLRB has overturned Obama-era precedent that facilitated collective bargaining rights for faculty members not directly involved in religious education. In Pacific Lutheran… Read More
Trump NLRB Muzzles Union Speech at Work
June 10, 2020 by
Travis West
In its recent decision in Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, 369 NLRB No. 91 (May 29, 2020), the Trump Board dramatically reduced the right of employees to discuss union organizing campaigns while on work time. The… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
PERB Rules Employees May Use Employer Email for Union Communications
July 16, 2018 by
Christopher Hammer
PERB, which has jurisdiction over most of California’s public sector employment, has adopted the same rule currently utilized by the NLRB for employee use of employer email systems.In 2014, the NLRB ruled in Purple Communications… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part Two)
September 4, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
In the first installment of this piece, we looked at the Great Strike of 1877 and the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937. Passage of the NLRA in 1935… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by
Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… 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
Can You Tell the Difference Between Protected & Unprotected Activity?
April 13, 2016 by
Sheila Sexton
Unions and their advocates have been fighting nationwide for paid sick leave, with California implementing a new leave law in 2014. In Minnesota, there is no paid sick leave law – yet – but one group of… Read More
NLRB Reinstates Rule Barring Overly Restrictive Severance Agreements
March 10, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
On February 21, 2023, an NLRB majority overturned a pair of Trump-era rulings that made it easy for employers to use severance agreements to limit the legally protected union rights of former employees. In their… Read More
Trump NLRB Destroys Historic Protections for Workers Engaged in Union Activities
August 31, 2020 by Andrew Baker
It can be discouraging keeping track of the Trump NLRB’s rollback of worker rights, but it’s important for unions and their members to keep abreast of the shifting legal landscape. One recent setback alters the… Read More
NLRB Finds Board has No Jurisdiction Over Faculty at Religious Schools and Universities
June 16, 2020 by Kena Cador
In an additional blow to union organizing at schools and universities, the Trump NLRB has overturned Obama-era precedent that facilitated collective bargaining rights for faculty members not directly involved in religious education. In Pacific Lutheran… Read More
Trump NLRB Muzzles Union Speech at Work
June 10, 2020 by Travis West
In its recent decision in Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, 369 NLRB No. 91 (May 29, 2020), the Trump Board dramatically reduced the right of employees to discuss union organizing campaigns while on work time. The… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
PERB Rules Employees May Use Employer Email for Union Communications
July 16, 2018 by Christopher Hammer
PERB, which has jurisdiction over most of California’s public sector employment, has adopted the same rule currently utilized by the NLRB for employee use of employer email systems.In 2014, the NLRB ruled in Purple Communications… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part Two)
September 4, 2017 by Andrew Baker
In the first installment of this piece, we looked at the Great Strike of 1877 and the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937. Passage of the NLRA in 1935… Read More
Labor Day 2017: A Look to the Past (Part One)
September 1, 2017 by Andrew Baker
Labor Day traditionally is the time to reflect on the state of the American labor movement, and Labor Day 2017 brings an opportunity to mark the anniversaries of several events in American history instrumental to… 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
Can You Tell the Difference Between Protected & Unprotected Activity?
April 13, 2016 by Sheila Sexton
Unions and their advocates have been fighting nationwide for paid sick leave, with California implementing a new leave law in 2014. In Minnesota, there is no paid sick leave law – yet – but one group of… Read More
