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…
The Janus ruling benefits public employees and now HHS is taken steps toward given home-care providers the same protections against unions. This is great news against for both state governments and the home-care providers that have unjustly unionized. Learn more in the Wall Street Journal’s article (Subscription Required):
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…
On May 29, 2018, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernard Sanders, and Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman expressing their concerns about the Agency’s announcement on joint-employer rulemaking. Chairman John F. Ring responded in a 3-page letter this week, denouncing their accusations of prejudgment. Of note is his announcement regarding…
The Supreme Court issued a decision today on NLRB vs Murphy Oil USA that establishes arbitration agreements which provide for individualized proceedings as lawful and enforceable and allows employers to maintain such class-action waiver agreements. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has 55 pending cases regarding employers who maintain or enforce individual arbitration agreements or policies containing class- and collective-action…
Where do our rights to free speech start and end? Specifically, where does free speech at work start and end? If one particular bill was to become law in Connecticut, the answer to that question would become much more difficult. There is a bill before the General Assembly that would restrict employers’ speech rights. It…
BREAKING NEWS: The Senate has approved two nominations this week that will make a large impact on Labor. Patrick Pizzella was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Labor on April 12, 2018. US Senator Lamar Alexander released the following statement regarding his confirmation: “As we learned at his confirmation hearing last July—Patrick Pizzella is well-qualified to…
