The 116th Congress will again become a divided Congress on January 3, 2019. House Democrats will rule their chamber for the first time since 2010 and Senate Republicans added to their majority though they are still short of the 60‐vote threshold necessary to move most legislation. What can we expect in this new era? My thoughts on…
The National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) announced this week that Brendan Branon will replace current Chairman Kenneth Gradia when he retires on January 1 after 34 years. Branon, who most recently held a position as Delta’s managing director of labor and employee relations previously served as the principal negotiator, attorney and company spokesman for Delta Air…
11,000 UPS Freight workers could go on strike Monday morning. The workers, who are represented by the Teamsters Union, have been voting on a new contract since November 7. Votes will be tallied on Sunday, and if the negotiated contract does not pass, a strike is expected. The last UPS strike in 1997 lasted 16…
The US Department of Labor is expected to issue new regulations that would require the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teacher state affiliates to file detailed financial disclosure reports. As expected, the NEA intends to challenge the regulations, as they did under President Bush. Although a DC Court eventually ruled against the NEA…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced on September 13th that it would publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to their joint-employer standard. The proposed rule would define an employer as a joint-employer only if it “possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over the essential terms and conditions of employment and has done so…
President Trump has nominated Democrat Mark Gaston Pearce for a third term to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Pearce has served for eight years on the board and has faced sharp criticism from Republicans and businesses during that time. His nomination came days after Bloomberg Law reported on negotiations which discussed Pearce’s nomination in…
Each year, a home and health care waiver program through Medicaid provides billions of dollars to individuals with a disability, illness, or other chronic condition to aide them in paying for home health care services. Often, family members, friends, and local workers provide these services. For years, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has been collecting dues…
In a blow to unions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Peter Robb has directed the agency’s lawyers not to object when a worker who has petitioned to decertify a union wants to intervene in an unfair labor practice case. In the past, unions have used these cases to slow down or halt a…
Public-sector unions have been gaming the political system for decades, bankrupting whole cities and plunging states into massive debt. How did this happen and can it be stopped? Akash Chougule, senior policy fellow for Americans for Prosperity, has the answers in this sobering video from Prager University.
In a 5-4 decision today, the Supreme Court delivered a decisive blow to unions by deeming forced fees illegal. Their decision in Janus v. AFSCME overturns the 1977 case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which had determined those fees legal since non-union employees benefitted from the union’s contract negotiations. Janus, an employee at the Illinois Department…
