The Survival of Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, Part 3
Contributed by Carlos Arévalo, March 29, 2017 Exactly a year ago today in what now appears to be a temporary reprieve, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Friedrichs v. California...
View ArticleNLRB Decision Reminds Employers to Tread Cautiously Amidst Union Push
Contributed by Suzanne Newcomb, April 20, 2017 On April 13, 2017 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set aside a vote defeating a union organizing campaign and ordered a new election because the...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin’s Right-to-Work Law
Contributed by Carlos Arévalo, July 21, 2017 On July 12, 2017, a three judge panel in the seventh circuit unanimously affirmed District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller’s ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by...
View ArticleThe Survival of Abood v. Board of Education, Part 4
Contributed by Carlos Arévalo, March 8, 2018 Just last week on February 26th, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case in the Court’s 2017 term with a potential of...
View ArticleIn a Dramatic Turn, an Arbitrator Finds that the Substitutes Act Does Not...
Contributed by Julie Proscia and Carlos Arévalo, May 25, 2018 In an unprecedented fashion, an arbitrator recently issued an award limiting the scope of Public Act 095-0490, otherwise known as the...
View ArticleThe Final Chapter: The Supreme Court Overrules Abood in Janus v. AFSCME and...
Contributed by Carlos S. Arévalo and Julie Proscia, June 27, 2018 On June 27, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision in Janus v. AFSCME eliminating the public sector...
View ArticleThe NLRB’s Recent Decision Lowers the Trigger for Employee Weingarten Rights
Contributed by Beverly Alfon, August 2, 2018 Employers have had reason to exhale a bit in the Trump era of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). However, as demonstrated in a recent case involving...
View ArticleVillage of Lincolnshire’s Right-to-Work Zone Struck Down by 7th Circuit
Contributed by Carlos Arévalo, October 2, 2018 Last week, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) held that Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...
View ArticleNLRB Makes It Easier To Oust a Union
Contributed by Beverly Alfon, July 9, 2019 Did you know that when a private sector employer has evidence that a union has lost support from a majority of its bargaining unit members, the employer can...
View ArticleNLRB Makes ‘Unilateral’ Less of a Dirty Word
Contributed by Beverly Alfon, October 8, 2019 The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) requires employers with a unionized workforce to bargain in good faith with the union over mandatory subjects of...
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NLRB Gives Gift To Employers: Modifies Obama Board’s “Quickie Election” Rule
Contributed by Jeffrey A. Risch, December 16, 2019 the word “union” in black and white On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued notice of new regulations designed to...
View ArticleAFL-CIO Sues NLRB Seeking to Block 2019 Final Election Rule
Contributed by Jeff Risch and Carlos Arévalo Back on December 16, 2019, we reported on the issuance of new regulations by the Trump administration that effectively repealed the 2014 “Quickie Election”...
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So You Want Some of the Fed Money? The Potential Price for Mid-Sized...
Contributed by Beverly Alfon, March 27, 2020 The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the CARES Act, and it is up for vote TODAY before the U.S. House of Representatives, with a promise of swift passage....
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Another Symptom of COVID-19: Union Organizing
Contributed by Beverly Alfon, May 26, 2020 Labor Law Lawyer Legal Business Internet Technology Concept. If your “essential” workforce is not already organized, consider this your wake-up call. As...
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Union Friendly PRO Act Reintroduced in Congress: Seeks to Revolutionize Labor...
Contributed by Michael Hughes, February 8, 2021 “Union” in block letters The mis-named Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress on February 4, 2021. The PRO...
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Construction Picket Lines: What Union Workers Must Know
Contributed by Michael Hughes, March 16, 2021 11058927 – protesters crowd landscape background illustration As the 2021 construction season gets underway, and with an increasing number of construction...
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Health Care Workers and Labor Unions: The COVID “Bump” and the New...
Contributed By Beverly Alfon and Michael Hughes, April 28, 2021 COVID-19 Pandemic Allows Unions to Make Inroads with Health Care Workers For health care workers, the issues of staffing, wages and...
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“Scabby” the Rat Gets Stay of Execution
Contributed by Michael Hughes, July 22, 2021 . The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled 3-1 on July 21, 2021 that labor unions may continue to use large, inflatable balloons–usually in the...
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Wisconsin Coffee Retailer’s Employees Vote to Join the Electrical Union!?!?!
Contributed by Peter Hansen, August 25, 2021 Wisconsin employers discounting the possibility of organizing campaigns and unionization in their workplace, take note: the International Brotherhood of...
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EMPLOYERS BEWARE: PRO-UNION PRIORITIES ADVANCE AT THE NLRB
Contributed by Jeffrey Risch, October 25, 2021 Union protesters crowd landscape background illustration Good, bad or otherwise… no matter your own personal or professional viewpoint, the fact is the...
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