Union Organizing and the NLRB

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On April 14, the National Labor Relations Board changed its rules for processing union elections. The new rules stack the deck against employers by decreasing the time between the filing of a petition and the election, which means that an employer now has less time to educate its employees about the potential impacts of unionization.
Continue Reading Lessons We Learned In Winning A Union Election Under the NLRB’s New Rules

On July 6, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board invited interested parties and amici to submit briefs in Miller & Anderson, Inc., 05-RC-079249, in connection with the Board’s reexamination of whether temporary employees provided to a company by staffing agencies may be included in the same bargaining unit as the company’s direct employees.
Continue Reading NLRB Invites Briefs Regarding The Inclusion Of Temporary Employees In Bargaining Units

Under the National Labor Relations Act, employers usually may not discipline employees for engaging in certain collective or concerted activity, including comments regarding terms and conditions of employment, unless the employee’s behavior is so outrageous that it loses the protection of the Act. But how far can employees push the boundary before their conduct will be found indefensible?
Continue Reading NLRB Social Media Rules Continue to Surprise as Board Reinstates Employee After Calling Boss “Nasty Mother F*****”

Often times, the same set of underlying facts will give rise to both a contractual dispute between an employer and a union and an unfair labor practice charge. In these instances, an arbitrator usually decides the contract dispute, while it is the National Labor Relations Board’s responsibility to determine the merit of the alleged unfair labor practice.
Continue Reading New NLRB Deferral Standard Signals Changes For Employers