Unionization Process

New and Updated

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Michigan Right-to-Work Laws Are Repealed

  Updated to reflect a change in the effective date.

• Date:

  November 14, 2023

  Type:

  News

  Guidance Memo Shows Plan for NLRB Action Favoring Union Recognition

  Employers that are confronted with a union demand for recognition should expect a process weighted much more in favor of unions, according to new guidance issued by the NLRB General Counsel clarifying questions about the Cemex standard.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  The Unionization Process: Maine

  Updated to reflect law regarding captive audience meetings, effective October 25, 2023.

• Date:

  September 28, 2023

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Means Business, Issues First Cemex Bargaining Order

  In the nation's first application of the NLRB's Cemex standard, an administrative law judge ordered an employer to bargain with a union after the union lost a representation election, based on the employer's unlawful labor practices.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  The Unionization Process: Federal

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

• Date:

  September 15, 2023

  Type:

  News

  New York Becomes Sixth State Banning "Captive Audience" Meetings

  A new law makes New York the sixth state to prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend anti-union "captive audience meetings."

• Date:

  August 28, 2023

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Creates New Standard for Recognizing Unions

  The NLRB's Cemex ruling upends the process for requesting union elections in place for more than 50 years and is expected to make it easier for unions to win recognition as employees' bargaining representatives.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Maine Enacts Captive Audience Meeting Protections

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Minnesota Enacts Captive Audience Meeting Protections

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  The Unionization Process: Minnesota

  Updated to reflect new law regarding captive audience meetings, effective August 1, 2023.