Articles Posted in Unions (labor relations)

Sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) protect employees from retaliation for concerted protected activity. Protected concerted activity generally involves two or more employees discussing working conditions like pay, benefits, etc.

One of the employees who lost his job at Twitter this month — a plaintiff in the WARN lawsuit we discussed yesterday — claims that his protected concerted activity motivated the company to end his employment. Continue reading

TBH, I didn’t expect this edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour to overwhelm the Zoom servers with a massive audience. Continue reading

American support for labor unions is at its highest level in over 50 years, and most non-union workers would consider joining a union. Continue reading

Selfishly, a professional perk of a changing White House administration is the business that follows from counseling clients on the new rules when administrative agencies change their rules. For example, as a holdover from the Trump Administration, the Republican majority at the National Labor Relations Board implemented a new joint-employer rule. Continue reading

Usually, when you reach the intersection of exotic dancers and employment law, you find Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits, like this one, about misclassifying dancers as independent contractors.

But this situation. This one is different. Very different. Continue reading

Many of you skip over my posts about labor unions because you view them as out of sight and mind.

“My business isn’t union. I’m not concerned about it.”

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There aren’t enough Republicans in Congress to provide the votes needed to pass this new bill — let alone overcome a veto from President Biden. But that won’t stop me from talking about it and dreaming wistfully about one day what could be for my employer audience. Continue reading