Unions

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  The Unionization Process: Connecticut

  Updated to reflect law regarding "captive audience" meetings, effective July 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Connecticut Protects Employees in Regard to Captive Audience Meetings

• Date:

  May 24, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Connecticut Bans "Captive Audience" Meetings

  Employers in Connecticut cannot compel employees to attend mandatory meetings held to dissuade employees from joining a union, effective July 1.

• Date:

  May 3, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Amazon Wins Union Election at Second NYC Warehouse

  Amazon fought off a unionizing drive by the Amazon Labor Union at a second New York City warehouse, winning by a vote of 618 to 380.

• Date:

  April 12, 2022

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Considers Limiting Employer Speech Options as Union Elections Surge

  Mandatory meetings during a unionizing campaign, in which employers explain why they think employees should not join a union, should be declared unlawful, according to the NLRB General Council.

• Date:

  April 4, 2022

  Type:

  News

  NY Warehouse Workers First to Win Union Drive at Amazon, Other Elections Pending

  An independent grass-roots union has become the first to successfully unionize an Amazon workplace in the US, winning by more than 500 votes.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  The Unionization Process: Arizona

  Updated to reflect laws regarding union dues and benefit contributions, effective September 29, 2021.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Strikes, Lockouts and Other "Economic Weapons": Arizona

  In-depth review of the spectrum of Arizona employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to strike, lockouts and other economic weapons.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Arizona Restricts Collection of Union Dues Or Benefit Contributions

• Date:

  June 23, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Supreme Court Strikes Down California Rule Mandating Access to Unions

  A California regulation requiring agricultural employers to grant unions limited access onto their property to organize farm laborers violates the Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled.