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Employers Have No Duty to Bargain Over Discipline Taken Prior to a Contract, NLRB Rules

Date:: July 14, 2020

An employer does not have a duty to bargain with a union over employee discipline prior to reaching a first collective bargaining agreement, according to a recent NLRB ruling.

Employees Must Affirmatively Request Weingarten Rights, DC Circuit Rules

Date:: July 2, 2020

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee must affirmatively request union representation to invoke their Weingarten rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

Federal Court Blocks Key Parts of New Union Election Rules

Date:: June 2, 2020

A federal district court has blocked five key provisions of final rules that modify procedures for union representation elections, while allowing other parts of the final rules to take effect.

West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds State Right-to-Work Law

Date:: April 27, 2020

The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the state's right-to-work law, the Workplace Freedom Act.

Kickstarter Workers Form First Union in Tech Sector

Date:: February 26, 2020

Workers at Kickstarter, the online crowdsourcing tech company, have won the first successful union organizing drive at a large tech company.

CNN Agrees to Pay $76 Million in Backpay to Settle NLRB Case

Date:: January 14, 2020

CNN has agreed to pay $76 million in backpay to settle a long-standing case with the NLRB. The monetary settlement is the largest in the agency's history and will be distributed to more than 300 individuals.

Recent NLRB Rules and Decisions Reverse Standards Set by Obama-era Board

Date:: December 20, 2019

The National Labor Relations Board released a long-awaited rule on union elections as well as issuing new rulings affecting dues checkoff requirements, use of employer email systems for organizing and work rules requiring confidentiality during workplace investigations.

NLRB Proposed Rule Would Deny Grad Students Right to Unionize

Date:: September 26, 2019

The NLRB has published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making that would exempt undergraduate and graduate students working in connection with their studies from the NLRB's reach.

NLRB Rulings Make It Harder to Organize Micro-Bargaining Units, Easier to Change Contract Terms

Date:: September 12, 2019

Two new NLRB rulings make it more difficult for a union to organize a micro-unit within an organization and adopt a new standard for determining whether a unilateral change of a term or condition of employment by an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act.

New York Extends Labor Protections to Farm Workers

Date:: July 29, 2019

A new law extends collective bargaining rights, overtime and other labor protections to farm workers in New York.

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